diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/koreader/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/koreader/default.nix
index e1785065b0a8..222e56b56619 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/koreader/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/koreader/default.nix
@@ -1,24 +1,33 @@
 { lib, stdenv
 , fetchurl
 , makeWrapper
+, fetchFromGitHub
 , dpkg
 , glib
 , gnutar
 , gtk3-x11
 , luajit
 , sdcv
-, SDL2
-, noto-fonts
-, nerdfonts }:
-let font-droid = nerdfonts.override { fonts = [ "DroidSansMono" ]; };
-in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+, SDL2 }:
+let
+  luajit_lua52 = luajit.override { enable52Compat = true; };
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "koreader";
-  version = "2022.08";
+  version = "2023.04";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url =
       "https://github.com/koreader/koreader/releases/download/v${version}/koreader-${version}-amd64.deb";
-    sha256 = "sha256-+JBJNJTAnC5gpuo8cehfe/3YwGIW5iFA8bZ8nfz9qsk=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-tRUeRB1+UcWT49dchN0YDvd0L5n1YRdtMSFc8yy6m5o=";
+  };
+
+  src_repo = fetchFromGitHub {
+    repo = "koreader";
+    owner = "koreader";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    fetchSubmodules = true;
+    sha256 = "sha256-c3j6hs0W0H2jDg6JVfU6ov7r7kucbqrQqf9PAvYBcJ0=";
   };
 
   sourceRoot = ".";
@@ -27,7 +36,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     glib
     gnutar
     gtk3-x11
-    luajit
+    luajit_lua52
     sdcv
     SDL2
   ];
@@ -39,14 +48,11 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   installPhase = ''
     mkdir -p $out
     cp -R usr/* $out/
-    ln -sf ${luajit}/bin/luajit $out/lib/koreader/luajit
+    ln -sf ${luajit_lua52}/bin/luajit $out/lib/koreader/luajit
     ln -sf ${sdcv}/bin/sdcv $out/lib/koreader/sdcv
     ln -sf ${gnutar}/bin/tar $out/lib/koreader/tar
-    find $out -xtype l -delete
-    for i in ${noto-fonts}/share/fonts/truetype/noto/*; do
-        ln -s "$i" $out/lib/koreader/fonts/noto/
-    done
-    ln -s "${font-droid}/share/fonts/opentype/NerdFonts/Droid Sans Mono Nerd Font Complete Mono.otf" $out/lib/koreader/fonts/droid/DroidSansMono.ttf
+    find ${src_repo}/resources/fonts -type d -execdir cp -r '{}' $out/lib/koreader/fonts \;
+    find $out -xtype l -print -delete
     wrapProgram $out/bin/koreader --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : ${
       lib.makeLibraryPath [ gtk3-x11 SDL2 glib ]
     }