diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/ggshield/default.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gg/ggshield/package.nix
similarity index 87%
rename from pkgs/tools/security/ggshield/default.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/gg/ggshield/package.nix
index a197f7e3f85c..1fb187fe69bb 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/security/ggshield/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gg/ggshield/package.nix
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@
 
 python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "ggshield";
-  version = "1.40.0";
+  version = "1.44.1";
   pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "GitGuardian";
     repo = "ggshield";
     tag = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-Y42MBRyjPljUAGTwhH2FS8drUAceuJse8Qd1GbctWQs=";
+    hash = "sha256-PHCrUzZmpjZMAfKinBYahhwQFjByaIQ/2udSqoGMmdU=";
   };
 
   pythonRelaxDeps = true;
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   build-system = with python3.pkgs; [ pdm-backend ];
 
   dependencies = with python3.pkgs; [
-    appdirs
     charset-normalizer
     click
     cryptography
@@ -37,6 +36,8 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
     requests
     rich
     truststore
+    typing-extensions
+    urllib3
   ];
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
     pytest-mock
     pytest-voluptuous
     pytestCheckHook
-    snapshottest
+    syrupy
     vcrpy
   ]);
 
@@ -80,12 +81,12 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
     "test_get_file_sha_in_ref"
   ];
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  meta = {
     description = "Tool to find and fix various types of hardcoded secrets and infrastructure-as-code misconfigurations";
     homepage = "https://github.com/GitGuardian/ggshield";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/GitGuardian/ggshield/blob/${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fab ];
+    changelog = "https://github.com/GitGuardian/ggshield/blob/${src.tag}/CHANGELOG.md";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ fab ];
     mainProgram = "ggshield";
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 301042a79e1b..071d97ad1b4e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2757,10 +2757,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   gawkInteractive = gawk.override { interactive = true; };
 
-  ggshield = callPackage ../tools/security/ggshield {
-    python3 = python311;
-  };
-
   gibberish-detector = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication gibberish-detector;
 
   gitlab-ee = callPackage ../by-name/gi/gitlab/package.nix {