diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/re/readability-cli/lockfile.patch b/pkgs/by-name/re/readability-cli/lockfile.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 4f6fc5d8d5ea..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/re/readability-cli/lockfile.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,148 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
-index 094c6d9..fba3807 100644
---- a/package-lock.json
-+++ b/package-lock.json
-@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
- {
-   "name": "readability-cli",
--  "version": "2.4.4",
-+  "version": "2.4.5",
-   "lockfileVersion": 2,
-   "requires": true,
-   "packages": {
-     "": {
-       "name": "readability-cli",
--      "version": "2.4.4",
-+      "version": "2.4.5",
-       "license": "GPL-3.0-only",
-       "dependencies": {
-         "@mozilla/readability": "^0.4.4",
--        "dompurify": "^3.0.1",
--        "jsdom": "^21.0.0",
-+        "dompurify": "^3.0.5",
-+        "jsdom": "^22.1.0",
-         "y18n": "^5.0.8",
--        "yargs": "^17.7.1"
-+        "yargs": "^17.7.2"
-       },
-       "bin": {
-         "readable": "index.js"
-@@ -271,9 +271,13 @@
-       }
-     },
-     "node_modules/dompurify": {
--      "version": "3.0.1",
--      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/dompurify/-/dompurify-3.0.1.tgz",
--      "integrity": "sha512-60tsgvPKwItxZZdfLmamp0MTcecCta3avOhsLgPZ0qcWt96OasFfhkeIRbJ6br5i0fQawT1/RBGB5L58/Jpwuw=="
-+      "version": "3.2.6",
-+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/dompurify/-/dompurify-3.2.6.tgz",
-+      "integrity": "sha512-/2GogDQlohXPZe6D6NOgQvXLPSYBqIWMnZ8zzOhn09REE4eyAzb+Hed3jhoM9OkuaJ8P6ZGTTVWQKAi8ieIzfQ==",
-+      "license": "(MPL-2.0 OR Apache-2.0)",
-+      "optionalDependencies": {
-+        "@types/trusted-types": "^2.0.7"
-+      }
-     },
-     "node_modules/emoji-regex": {
-       "version": "8.0.0",
-@@ -532,9 +536,10 @@
-       "dev": true
-     },
-     "node_modules/jsdom": {
--      "version": "21.1.1",
--      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/jsdom/-/jsdom-21.1.1.tgz",
--      "integrity": "sha512-Jjgdmw48RKcdAIQyUD1UdBh2ecH7VqwaXPN3ehoZN6MqgVbMn+lRm1aAT1AsdJRAJpwfa4IpwgzySn61h2qu3w==",
-+      "version": "22.1.0",
-+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/jsdom/-/jsdom-22.1.0.tgz",
-+      "integrity": "sha512-/9AVW7xNbsBv6GfWho4TTNjEo9fe6Zhf9O7s0Fhhr3u+awPwAJMKwAMXnkk5vBxflqLW9hTHX/0cs+P3gW+cQw==",
-+      "license": "MIT",
-       "dependencies": {
-         "abab": "^2.0.6",
-         "acorn": "^8.8.2",
-@@ -549,7 +554,7 @@
-         "http-proxy-agent": "^5.0.0",
-         "https-proxy-agent": "^5.0.1",
-         "is-potential-custom-element-name": "^1.0.1",
--        "nwsapi": "^2.2.2",
-+        "nwsapi": "^2.2.4",
-         "parse5": "^7.1.2",
-         "rrweb-cssom": "^0.6.0",
-         "saxes": "^6.0.0",
-@@ -564,7 +569,7 @@
-         "xml-name-validator": "^4.0.0"
-       },
-       "engines": {
--        "node": ">=14"
-+        "node": ">=16"
-       },
-       "peerDependencies": {
-         "canvas": "^2.5.0"
-@@ -691,9 +696,10 @@
-       }
-     },
-     "node_modules/nwsapi": {
--      "version": "2.2.2",
--      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/nwsapi/-/nwsapi-2.2.2.tgz",
--      "integrity": "sha512-90yv+6538zuvUMnN+zCr8LuV6bPFdq50304114vJYJ8RDyK8D5O9Phpbd6SZWgI7PwzmmfN1upeOJlvybDSgCw=="
-+      "version": "2.2.20",
-+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/nwsapi/-/nwsapi-2.2.20.tgz",
-+      "integrity": "sha512-/ieB+mDe4MrrKMT8z+mQL8klXydZWGR5Dowt4RAGKbJ3kIGEx3X4ljUo+6V73IXtUPWgfOlU5B9MlGxFO5T+cA==",
-+      "license": "MIT"
-     },
-     "node_modules/optionator": {
-       "version": "0.8.3",
-@@ -1198,9 +1204,10 @@
-       "dev": true
-     },
-     "node_modules/yargs": {
--      "version": "17.7.1",
--      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/yargs/-/yargs-17.7.1.tgz",
--      "integrity": "sha512-cwiTb08Xuv5fqF4AovYacTFNxk62th7LKJ6BL9IGUpTJrWoU7/7WdQGTP2SjKf1dUNBGzDd28p/Yfs/GI6JrLw==",
-+      "version": "17.7.2",
-+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/yargs/-/yargs-17.7.2.tgz",
-+      "integrity": "sha512-7dSzzRQ++CKnNI/krKnYRV7JKKPUXMEh61soaHKg9mrWEhzFWhFnxPxGl+69cD1Ou63C13NUPCnmIcrvqCuM6w==",
-+      "license": "MIT",
-       "dependencies": {
-         "cliui": "^8.0.1",
-         "escalade": "^3.1.1",
-@@ -1423,9 +1430,12 @@
-       }
-     },
-     "dompurify": {
--      "version": "3.0.1",
--      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/dompurify/-/dompurify-3.0.1.tgz",
--      "integrity": "sha512-60tsgvPKwItxZZdfLmamp0MTcecCta3avOhsLgPZ0qcWt96OasFfhkeIRbJ6br5i0fQawT1/RBGB5L58/Jpwuw=="
-+      "version": "3.2.6",
-+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/dompurify/-/dompurify-3.2.6.tgz",
-+      "integrity": "sha512-/2GogDQlohXPZe6D6NOgQvXLPSYBqIWMnZ8zzOhn09REE4eyAzb+Hed3jhoM9OkuaJ8P6ZGTTVWQKAi8ieIzfQ==",
-+      "requires": {
-+        "@types/trusted-types": "^2.0.7"
-+      }
-     },
-     "emoji-regex": {
-       "version": "8.0.0",
-@@ -1611,9 +1621,9 @@
-       "dev": true
-     },
-     "jsdom": {
--      "version": "21.1.1",
--      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/jsdom/-/jsdom-21.1.1.tgz",
--      "integrity": "sha512-Jjgdmw48RKcdAIQyUD1UdBh2ecH7VqwaXPN3ehoZN6MqgVbMn+lRm1aAT1AsdJRAJpwfa4IpwgzySn61h2qu3w==",
-+      "version": "22.1.0",
-+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/jsdom/-/jsdom-22.1.0.tgz",
-+      "integrity": "sha512-/9AVW7xNbsBv6GfWho4TTNjEo9fe6Zhf9O7s0Fhhr3u+awPwAJMKwAMXnkk5vBxflqLW9hTHX/0cs+P3gW+cQw==",
-       "requires": {
-         "abab": "^2.0.6",
-         "acorn": "^8.8.2",
-@@ -2098,9 +2108,9 @@
-       "dev": true
-     },
-     "yargs": {
--      "version": "17.7.1",
--      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/yargs/-/yargs-17.7.1.tgz",
--      "integrity": "sha512-cwiTb08Xuv5fqF4AovYacTFNxk62th7LKJ6BL9IGUpTJrWoU7/7WdQGTP2SjKf1dUNBGzDd28p/Yfs/GI6JrLw==",
-+      "version": "17.7.2",
-+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/yargs/-/yargs-17.7.2.tgz",
-+      "integrity": "sha512-7dSzzRQ++CKnNI/krKnYRV7JKKPUXMEh61soaHKg9mrWEhzFWhFnxPxGl+69cD1Ou63C13NUPCnmIcrvqCuM6w==",
-       "requires": {
-         "cliui": "^8.0.1",
-         "escalade": "^3.1.1",
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/re/readability-cli/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/re/readability-cli/package.nix
index f2ad25c2bd37..a3d411d3d16c 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/re/readability-cli/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/re/readability-cli/package.nix
@@ -9,26 +9,22 @@
 
 buildNpmPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "readability-cli";
-  version = "2.4.5";
+  version = "2.4.5-unstable-2026-01-07";
 
   src = fetchFromGitLab {
     owner = "gardenappl";
     repo = "readability-cli";
-    rev = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-fkXhAXbvCj5eRkPcv0Q7ryZeGdERI/lHHg64EDyK2F4=";
+    rev = "72c232e3cd33e91ab04b7dacfa649082b8037436";
+    hash = "sha256-5a4mQbfJKAL8nOSnqnKQCjb6bJEEX59puwCw0KmddOo=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    ./lockfile.patch
-  ];
-
   postPatch = ''
     # Set a script name to avoid yargs using index.js as $0
     substituteInPlace common.mjs \
       --replace-fail '.version(false)' '.version(false).scriptName("readable")'
   '';
 
-  npmDepsHash = "sha256-9sN1TgyOjgGLQsAlnI/fVbez7Oy2r6QwfaUTKyLQRVc=";
+  npmDepsHash = "sha256-vzNUbC5q5mdmyQZYUsw9Qw/Uxk+H7meW2R8j9R5auPY=";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ installShellFiles ];