diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/m8/m8c/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/m8/m8c/package.nix
index 88a39657b4e5..27455eecd011 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/m8/m8c/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/m8/m8c/package.nix
@@ -3,32 +3,41 @@
   fetchFromGitHub,
   lib,
   pkg-config,
-  SDL2,
+  sdl3,
   libserialport,
+  cmake,
+  copyDesktopItems,
+  nix-update-script,
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "m8c";
-  version = "1.7.10";
+  version = "2.2.3";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "laamaa";
     repo = "m8c";
     rev = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-8QkvvTtFxQmDIqpyhZi/ORcB7YwENu+YafYtCZw0faE=";
+    hash = "sha256-cr5tat7JOFJ7y7AEinphgV/5T138gV6jidb87GooZ8U=";
   };
 
   makeFlags = [ "CC=${stdenv.cc.targetPrefix}cc" ];
 
   installFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    cmake
+    pkg-config
+    copyDesktopItems
+  ];
 
   buildInputs = [
-    SDL2
+    sdl3
     libserialport
   ];
 
+  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+
   meta = {
     description = "Cross-platform M8 tracker headless client";
     homepage = "https://github.com/laamaa/m8c";