diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/di/digikam/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/di/digikam/package.nix
index 122288e15f51..a2ea5ea3dfd2 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/di/digikam/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/di/digikam/package.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   lib,
   fetchFromGitLab,
   fetchgit,
+  gitUpdater,
 
   cmake,
   ninja,
@@ -62,14 +63,14 @@ in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "digikam";
-  version = "8.8.0";
+  version = "9.0.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitLab {
     domain = "invent.kde.org";
     owner = "graphics";
     repo = "digikam";
     tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-yUrB0FXUcm+6QtlB7HMqdPpdhrV2iAo1oRkjgsHJiCU=";
+    hash = "sha256-zYOtTL4qEjXa/ZYlDIvneziYBXq4tIiVjRsrSJMaS0k=";
   };
 
   patches = [
@@ -199,13 +200,17 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   # over 3h in a normal build slot (2 cores
   requiredSystemFeatures = [ "big-parallel" ];
 
+  passthru.updateScript = gitUpdater {
+    rev-prefix = "v";
+  };
+
   meta = {
     description = "Photo management application";
     homepage = "https://www.digikam.org/";
     changelog = "${finalAttrs.src.meta.homepage}-/blob/master/project/NEWS.${finalAttrs.version}";
     sourceProvenance = [ lib.sourceTypes.fromSource ];
     license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    maintainers = [ ];
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ philipdb ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
     mainProgram = "digikam";
   };