diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/rl/rlwrap/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/rl/rlwrap/package.nix
index 22187c8cd2ff..ddde37c8bb7a 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/rl/rlwrap/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/rl/rlwrap/package.nix
@@ -4,18 +4,19 @@
   fetchFromGitHub,
   autoreconfHook,
   perl,
+  libptytty,
   readline,
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "rlwrap";
-  version = "0.46.2";
+  version = "0.48";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "hanslub42";
     repo = "rlwrap";
     tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-05q24Y097GCcipXEPTbel/YIAtQl4jDyA9JFjDDM41Y=";
+    hash = "sha256-Szgyjt/KRFEZMu6JX4Ulm2guTMwh9ejzjlfpkITWOI4=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -23,14 +24,23 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     perl
   ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ readline ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    libptytty
+    readline
+  ];
 
   env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin "-Wno-error=implicit-function-declaration";
 
+  # no environment to compile completion.c, update its time to avoid recompiling
+  preBuild = ''
+    touch src/completion.rb
+    touch src/completion.c
+  '';
+
   meta = {
     description = "Readline wrapper for console programs";
     homepage = "https://github.com/hanslub42/rlwrap";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/hanslub42/rlwrap/raw/refs/tags/v${finalAttrs.version}/NEWS";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/hanslub42/rlwrap/raw/${finalAttrs.src.rev}/NEWS";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ jlesquembre ];