diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ri/ringing-lib/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ri/ringing-lib/package.nix
index 9293906d1e38..1c188309ff99 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ri/ringing-lib/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ri/ringing-lib/package.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   stdenv,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   lib,
-  autoreconfHook,
   pkg-config,
   readline,
   xercesc,
@@ -11,17 +10,16 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "ringing-lib";
-  version = "0-unstable-2025-07-16";
+  version = "0-unstable-2026-05-12";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "ringing-lib";
     repo = "ringing-lib";
-    rev = "838d13edb3231d8c122d3222da1b465e2018757f";
-    hash = "sha256-MO5FerQMyWDV/cV2hrY/L+JyhMojtaqPQkw8efaVu1I=";
+    rev = "6d7533186fb89497ab059b91d0e7bd7911cd3f71";
+    hash = "sha256-yxf9w8USn9SVL4QW6XUWwR1rObvbj6Z69O3he3JiGT4=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
-    autoreconfHook
     pkg-config
   ];
   buildInputs = [
@@ -29,8 +27,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     xercesc
   ];
 
+  makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=${placeholder "out"}" ];
+
   doCheck = true;
 
+  strictDeps = true;
+
   passthru.updateScript = unstableGitUpdater { hardcodeZeroVersion = true; };
   meta = {
     description = "Library of C++ classes and utilities for change ringing";