diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/me/mediathekview/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/me/mediathekview/package.nix
index 8888c6da78b4..4f4ddc4f98c2 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/me/mediathekview/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/me/mediathekview/package.nix
@@ -1,20 +1,21 @@
 {
   lib,
+  pkgs,
   stdenv,
   fetchurl,
   makeWrapper,
   libglvnd,
   libnotify,
-  jre,
+  openjdk25, # 2025-12-25: pkgs.jre points to java 21 and there is no equivalent for jre25
   zip,
 }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "14.2.0";
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  version = "14.4.2";
   pname = "mediathekview";
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://download.mediathekview.de/stabil/MediathekView-${version}-linux.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "sha256-EWpa6YE9Fk7K14vvsbjadKuGGZGqNhlouDtwj6KpbdE=";
+    url = "https://download.mediathekview.de/stabil/MediathekView-${finalAttrs.version}-linux.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "sha256-sDZSXYzak2RKQiW1OGpgSvFlkZrttsoOxVqRaodol24=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -35,29 +36,37 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       mkdir -p $out/{bin,lib}
 
       install -m644 MediathekView.jar $out/lib
+      cp -r dependency $out/lib
 
-      makeWrapper ${jre}/bin/java $out/bin/mediathek \
-        --add-flags "-jar $out/lib/MediathekView.jar" \
+      makeWrapper ${openjdk25}/bin/java $out/bin/mediathek \
+        --add-flags "--add-exports=java.desktop/sun.swing=ALL-UNNAMED -XX:MaxRAMPercentage=10.0 -XX:+UseShenandoahGC -XX:ShenandoahGCHeuristics=compact -XX:+UseStringDeduplication --add-opens=java.desktop/sun.awt.X11=ALL-UNNAMED --enable-native-access=ALL-UNNAMED -cp \"$out/lib/dependency/*:$out/lib/MediathekView.jar\" mediathek.Main" \
         --suffix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : "${libraryPath}"
 
-      makeWrapper ${jre}/bin/java $out/bin/MediathekView \
-        --add-flags "-jar $out/lib/MediathekView.jar" \
-        --suffix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : "${libraryPath}"
+      ln -s $out/bin/mediathek $out/bin/MediathekView
 
-      makeWrapper ${jre}/bin/java $out/bin/MediathekView_ipv4 \
-        --add-flags "-Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true -jar $out/lib/MediathekView.jar" \
+      makeWrapper ${openjdk25}/bin/java $out/bin/MediathekView_ipv4 \
+      --add-flags "-Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true --add-exports=java.desktop/sun.swing=ALL-UNNAMED -XX:MaxRAMPercentage=10.0 -XX:+UseShenandoahGC -XX:ShenandoahGCHeuristics=compact -XX:+UseStringDeduplication --add-opens=java.desktop/sun.awt.X11=ALL-UNNAMED --enable-native-access=ALL-UNNAMED -cp \"$out/lib/dependency/*:$out/lib/MediathekView.jar\" mediathek.Main" \
         --suffix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : "${libraryPath}"
 
       runHook postInstall
     '';
 
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+  # sanity to ensure that mediathek can actually start
+  # unfortunately the executable does not print its own version
+  installCheckPhase = ''
+    runHook postCheck
+    ($out/bin/${finalAttrs.meta.mainProgram} --help 2>&1 ||: ) | grep -q 'Diese Version von MediathekView unterst?tzt keine Kommandozeilenausf?hrung.'
+    runHook preCheck
+  '';
+
   meta = {
     description = "Offers access to the Mediathek of different tv stations (ARD, ZDF, Arte, etc.)";
     homepage = "https://mediathekview.de/";
     sourceProvenance = with lib.sourceTypes; [ binaryBytecode ];
     license = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
     mainProgram = "mediathek";
-    maintainers = [ ];
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ makefu ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.all;
   };
-}
+})