diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ni/nix-heuristic-gc/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ni/nix-heuristic-gc/package.nix
index eccd9bd55aef..77e7aecbadb6 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ni/nix-heuristic-gc/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ni/nix-heuristic-gc/package.nix
@@ -4,31 +4,35 @@
   lib,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   nixVersions,
+  pkg-config,
   boost,
   python3Packages,
 }:
 python3Packages.buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "nix-heuristic-gc";
-  version = "0.7.3";
+  version = "0.7.4";
   format = "setuptools";
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "risicle";
     repo = "nix-heuristic-gc";
     tag = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-aTwILsqqlV0DEm9AhDKd6HCB022BbebPH/VwzDgzS4E=";
+    hash = "sha256-T/PKn005gkALJP2FfHfWJj5UIRP9IYkvMOT3+kMY3Wo=";
   };
 
   # NIX_SYSTEM suggested at
   # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/386184#issuecomment-2692433531
-  env.NIX_SYSTEM = nixVersions.nixComponents_2_30.nix-store.stdenv.hostPlatform.system;
+  env.NIX_SYSTEM = nixVersions.nixComponents_2_31.nix-store.stdenv.hostPlatform.system;
 
   buildInputs = [
     boost
-    nixVersions.nixComponents_2_30.nix-store
-    nixVersions.nixComponents_2_30.nix-main
+    nixVersions.nixComponents_2_31.nix-store
+    nixVersions.nixComponents_2_31.nix-main
     python3Packages.pybind11
     python3Packages.setuptools
   ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    pkg-config
+  ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     python3Packages.humanfriendly
     python3Packages.rustworkx