diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pi/picom-pijulius/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/pi/picom-pijulius/package.nix
index 098e7a68be1a..442e32fda0dc 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/pi/picom-pijulius/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/pi/picom-pijulius/package.nix
@@ -3,41 +3,41 @@
   lib,
   writeShellScript,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  pcre,
-  asciidoctor,
-  unstableGitUpdater
+  unstableGitUpdater,
 }:
+
 picom.overrideAttrs (previousAttrs: {
   pname = "picom-pijulius";
-  version = "8.2-unstable-2024-10-30";
+  version = "8.2-unstable-2024-11-12";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "pijulius";
     repo = "picom";
-    rev = "bdbcae085c1ba6c2ec6f21712ed140daaa630d89";
-    hash = "sha256-3S8p4vXfryL3IfWPpjhp1GxqJelHRw5aFI3a+ysRKTU=";
+    rev = "136ee8d0704753b535d59a4aea03d494929ce081";
+    hash = "sha256-om4vHKXA1FFy6b6DrmVunfOMco3SZxiNoIYyXK+j7k8=";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = (previousAttrs.buildInputs or [ ]) ++ [ pcre ];
-  nativeBuildInputs = (previousAttrs.nativeBuildInputs or [ ]) ++ [ asciidoctor ];
-
-  meta = {
-    inherit (previousAttrs.meta)
-      license
-      platforms
-      mainProgram
-      longDescription
-      ;
-
-    description = "Pijulius's picom fork with extensive animation support";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/pijulius/picom";
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ YvesStraten ];
-  };
+  dontVersionCheck = true;
 
   passthru.updateScript = unstableGitUpdater {
     tagFormat = "v([A-Z]+)([a-z]+)|v([1-9]).([1-9])|v([1-9])-rc([1-9])";
     tagConverter = writeShellScript "picom-pijulius-tag-converter.sh" ''
-sed -e 's/v//g' -e 's/([A-Z])([a-z])+/8.2/g' -e 's/-rc([1-9])|-rc//g' -e 's/0/8.2/g'
-'';
+      sed -e 's/v//g' -e 's/([A-Z])([a-z])+/8.2/g' -e 's/-rc([1-9])|-rc//g' -e 's/0/8.2/g'
+    '';
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    inherit (previousAttrs.meta)
+      license
+      longDescription
+      mainProgram
+      platforms
+      ;
+
+    description = "Pijulius's picom fork with extensive animation support";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/pijulius/picom";
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
+      YvesStraten
+    ];
   };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pi/picom/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/pi/picom/package.nix
index ae649d49c456..1e07ef86231f 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/pi/picom/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/pi/picom/package.nix
@@ -1,45 +1,48 @@
-{ asciidoctor
-, dbus
-, docbook_xml_dtd_45
-, docbook_xsl
-, fetchFromGitHub
-, lib
-, libconfig
-, libdrm
-, libev
-, libGL
-, libepoxy
-, libX11
-, libxcb
-, libxdg_basedir
-, libXext
-, libxml2
-, libxslt
-, makeWrapper
-, meson
-, ninja
-, pcre2
-, pixman
-, pkg-config
-, stdenv
-, uthash
-, xcbutil
-, xcbutilimage
-, xcbutilrenderutil
-, xorgproto
-, xwininfo
-, withDebug ? false
+{
+  asciidoctor,
+  dbus,
+  docbook_xml_dtd_45,
+  docbook_xsl,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  lib,
+  libconfig,
+  libdrm,
+  libev,
+  libGL,
+  libepoxy,
+  libX11,
+  libxcb,
+  libxdg_basedir,
+  libXext,
+  libxml2,
+  libxslt,
+  makeWrapper,
+  meson,
+  ninja,
+  pcre2,
+  pixman,
+  pkg-config,
+  stdenv,
+  uthash,
+  xcbutil,
+  xcbutilimage,
+  xcbutilrenderutil,
+  xorgproto,
+  xwininfo,
+  withDebug ? false,
+  versionCheckHook,
+  nix-update-script,
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "picom";
-  version = "12.4";
+  version = "12.5";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "yshui";
     repo = "picom";
     rev = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-5kScnKUHck86fsYrraeV2O2r6fsVFllRMp4GeNT627A=";
+    hash = "sha256-H8IbzzrzF1c63MXbw5mqoll3H+vgcSVpijrlSDNkc+o=";
     fetchSubmodules = true;
   };
 
@@ -90,15 +93,28 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   # In debug mode, also copy src directory to store. If you then run `gdb picom`
   # in the bin directory of picom store path, gdb finds the source files.
-  postInstall = ''
-    wrapProgram $out/bin/picom-trans \
-      --prefix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath [ xwininfo ]}
-  '' + lib.optionalString withDebug ''
-    cp -r ../src $out/
-  '';
+  postInstall =
+    ''
+      wrapProgram $out/bin/picom-trans \
+        --prefix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath [ xwininfo ]}
+    ''
+    + lib.optionalString withDebug ''
+      cp -r ../src $out/
+    '';
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [
+    versionCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+
+  passthru = {
+    updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+  };
+
+  meta = {
     description = "Fork of XCompMgr, a sample compositing manager for X servers";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
     longDescription = ''
       A fork of XCompMgr, which is a sample compositing manager for X
       servers supporting the XFIXES, DAMAGE, RENDER, and COMPOSITE
@@ -113,10 +129,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       For gdb to find the source files, you need to run gdb in the bin directory
       of picom package in the nix store.
     '';
-    license = licenses.mit;
     homepage = "https://github.com/yshui/picom";
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ertes gepbird twey thiagokokada ];
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
     mainProgram = "picom";
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
+      ertes
+      gepbird
+      thiagokokada
+      twey
+    ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
   };
 })