diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/re/re-isearch/0001-fix-JsonHitTable-undefined-reference.patch b/pkgs/by-name/re/re-isearch/0001-fix-JsonHitTable-undefined-reference.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..30b8696b70d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/re/re-isearch/0001-fix-JsonHitTable-undefined-reference.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+# fixes "undefined reference to `IDB::JsonHitTable(RESULT const&)" build failure
+
+---
+ src/idb.cxx | 26 --------------------------
+ 1 file changed, 26 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/idb.cxx b/src/idb.cxx
+index 2469c06..753a9fb 100644
+--- a/src/idb.cxx
++++ b/src/idb.cxx
+@@ -5486,37 +5486,11 @@ STRING IDB::XMLHitTable(const RESULT& Result)
+ }
+ #endif
+
+-#if 0
+ STRING IDB::JsonHitTable(const RESULT& Result)
+ {
+-#if 1
+   message_log (LOG_FATAL, "JsonHitTable is not yet implemented");
+   return NulString;
+-#else
+-/*
+-<folders>
+-    <folder id="123" private="0" archived="0" order="1">Shopping</folder>
+-</folders>
+-
+-is JSON
+-
+-{
+-    "folders": {
+-        "folder":{
+-        "@": {
+-            "id": "123",
+-            "private": "0",
+-            "archived": "0",
+-            "order": "1"
+-            },
+-        "#": "Shopping"
+-        }
+-    }
+-}
+-*/
+ }
+-#endif
+-#endif
+
+
+ PIRSET IDB::SearchSmart(QUERY *Query, const STRING& DefaultField)
+--
+2.47.2
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/re/re-isearch/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/re/re-isearch/package.nix
index b026835b89cb..c6ba1b38f0c0 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/re/re-isearch/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/re/re-isearch/package.nix
@@ -5,24 +5,30 @@
   db,
   file,
   libnsl,
+  writableTmpDirAsHomeHook,
 }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttr: {
   pname = "re-Isearch";
-  version = "unstable-2022-03-24";
+  version = "2.20220925.4.0a-unstable-2025-03-16";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "re-Isearch";
     repo = "re-Isearch";
-    rev = "e5953ea6c84285283be3689df7065908369cdbaf";
-    sha256 = "sha256-D0PDqlWzIOHqdS2MlNzR2T5cyhiLcFlf30v6eFokoRQ=";
+    rev = "56e0dfbe7468881b3958ca8e630f41a5354e9873";
+    sha256 = "sha256-tI75D02/sFEkHDQX/BpDlu24WNP6Qh9G0MIfEvs8npM=";
   };
 
+  # Upstream issue: https://github.com/re-Isearch/re-Isearch/issues/11
+  patches = [ ./0001-fix-JsonHitTable-undefined-reference.patch ];
+
   postPatch = ''
     # Fix gcc-13 build due to missing <cstdint> include.
     sed -e '1i #include <cstdint>' -i src/mmap.cxx
   '';
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ writableTmpDirAsHomeHook ];
+
   buildinputs = [
     db
     file # libmagic
@@ -33,11 +39,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     "CC=g++"
     "cc=gcc"
     "LD=g++"
-    "INSTALL=${placeholder "out"}/bin"
   ];
 
   preBuild = ''
     cd build
+    make clean # clean up pre-built objects in the source
     makeFlagsArray+=(
       EXTRA_INC="-I${db.dev}/include -I${lib.getDev file}/include"
       LD_PATH="-L../lib -L${db.out}/lib -L${file}/lib -L${libnsl}/lib"
@@ -47,14 +53,23 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   preInstall = ''
     mkdir -p $out/{bin,lib}
   '';
-  postInstall = ''
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
+    mkdir -p $out/{bin,lib}
+
+    cp ../bin/{Iindex,Isearch,Iutil,Idelete,zpresent,Iwatch,zipper} $out/bin
     cp ../lib/*.so $out/lib/
+
+    runHook postInstall
   '';
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  meta = {
     description = "Novel multimodal search and retrieval engine";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/re-Isearch/";
-    license = licenses.asl20;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.astro ];
+    homepage = "https://nlnet.nl/project/Re-iSearch/";
+    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
+    platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
+    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.astro ] ++ lib.teams.ngi.members;
   };
-}
+})