diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ib/ibm-plex/fonts.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ib/ibm-plex/fonts.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cda27fb6be87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ib/ibm-plex/fonts.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+{
+  math = {
+    hash = "sha256-dJA6uqxa/yb3eLY4l39NeP0yIl2NfrbaRpf6h0/F7Xc=";
+    name = "IBM Plex Math";
+    url = "https://github.com/IBM/plex/releases/download/@ibm/plex-math@1.1.0/ibm-plex-math.zip";
+    version = "1.1.0";
+  };
+  mono = {
+    hash = "sha256-OwUmrPfEehLDz0fl2ChYLK8FQM2p0G1+EMrGsYEq+6g=";
+    name = "IBM Plex Mono";
+    url = "https://github.com/IBM/plex/releases/download/@ibm/plex-mono@1.1.0/ibm-plex-mono.zip";
+    version = "1.1.0";
+  };
+  sans = {
+    hash = "sha256-mK+8GGl2ugF2+fS6yd3p5NWPHHcKEJWiShDS3lihOlI=";
+    name = "IBM Plex Sans";
+    url = "https://github.com/IBM/plex/releases/download/@ibm/plex-sans@1.1.0/ibm-plex-sans.zip";
+    version = "1.1.0";
+  };
+  sans-arabic = {
+    hash = "sha256-qi4k7kMLftIuq87idyxq46FOD6QYycdG6j3zJmu8mhI=";
+    name = "IBM Plex Sans Arabic";
+    url = "https://github.com/IBM/plex/releases/download/@ibm/plex-sans-arabic@1.1.0/ibm-plex-sans-arabic.zip";
+    version = "1.1.0";
+  };
+  sans-condensed = {
+    hash = "sha256-prqyJIPs+UpQxFTbn/eAfsG/jKwQTOO72fZNzAtXUWg=";
+    name = "IBM Plex Sans Condensed";
+    url = "https://github.com/IBM/plex/releases/download/@ibm/plex-sans-condensed@2.0.0/ibm-plex-sans-condensed.zip";
+    version = "2.0.0";
+  };
+  sans-devanagari = {
+    hash = "sha256-K57OVqcH5r9tZx8NFEoz1P3xpUooqpF7xxJzNmnObwE=";
+    name = "IBM Plex Sans Devanagari";
+    url = "https://github.com/IBM/plex/releases/download/@ibm/plex-sans-devanagari@1.1.0/ibm-plex-sans-devanagari.zip";
+    version = "1.1.0";
+  };
+  sans-hebrew = {
+    hash = "sha256-rTuBQYLI+6gEFTumCdaWpeoLzRoyFSmqWbXziq+UG6I=";
+    name = "IBM Plex Sans Hebrew";
+    url = "https://github.com/IBM/plex/releases/download/@ibm/plex-sans-hebrew@1.1.0/ibm-plex-sans-hebrew.zip";
+    version = "1.1.0";
+  };
+  sans-jp = {
+    hash = "sha256-2BbhqsutMXEoS2JoZjJprrElIpFa9lgvPaM65pnYdfs=";
+    name = "IBM Plex Sans Japanese";
+    url = "https://github.com/IBM/plex/releases/download/@ibm/plex-sans-jp@3.0.0/ibm-plex-sans-jp.zip";
+    version = "3.0.0";
+  };
+  sans-kr = {
+    hash = "sha256-FsHxMvLlI4yylgG96DOZIdW2DYpk7I+c5QgkVIkNZIE=";
+    name = "IBM Plex Sans Korean";
+    url = "https://github.com/IBM/plex/releases/download/@ibm/plex-sans-kr@1.1.0/ibm-plex-sans-kr.zip";
+    version = "1.1.0";
+  };
+  sans-sc = {
+    hash = "sha256-Q3cEVlR/UkNZaGIhNMIdojId6fHmAsZdLwMsKq1zLRY=";
+    name = "IBM Plex Sans Chinese SC";
+    url = "https://github.com/IBM/plex/releases/download/@ibm/plex-sans-sc@1.1.0/ibm-plex-sans-sc.zip";
+    version = "1.1.0";
+  };
+  sans-tc = {
+    hash = "sha256-kZvzSK6fEjfVMR4kxC4lxtD7GskqvJZx8BBJVT4T9MU=";
+    name = "IBM Plex Sans Chinese TC";
+    url = "https://github.com/IBM/plex/releases/download/@ibm/plex-sans-tc@1.1.1/ibm-plex-sans-tc.zip";
+    version = "1.1.1";
+  };
+  sans-thai = {
+    hash = "sha256-JZVbvZdj+IfBthiqivOXHrvAUe392M9ECGsiJkm0saE=";
+    name = "IBM Plex Sans Thai";
+    url = "https://github.com/IBM/plex/releases/download/@ibm/plex-sans-thai@1.1.0/ibm-plex-sans-thai.zip";
+    version = "1.1.0";
+  };
+  sans-thai-looped = {
+    hash = "sha256-cry/Ctwt1bsrdbvWkJIYWLjsvV6a1lLFsT85znqERnw=";
+    name = "IBM Plex Sans Thai Looped";
+    url = "https://github.com/IBM/plex/releases/download/@ibm/plex-sans-thai-looped@1.1.0/ibm-plex-sans-thai-looped.zip";
+    version = "1.1.0";
+  };
+  sans-variable = {
+    hash = "sha256-W45wPOmmP4KuJ3TVes2x0n25KgyDzX48ce1lQrjAXpw=";
+    name = "IBM Plex Sans (Variable)";
+    url = "https://github.com/IBM/plex/releases/download/@ibm/plex-sans-variable@0.2.0/plex-sans-variable.zip";
+    version = "0.2.0";
+  };
+  serif = {
+    hash = "sha256-PO9KxV4K3a7fB4fR/i7LSf0mhK4I2eUDMsbSYWDQcb4=";
+    name = "IBM Plex Serif";
+    url = "https://github.com/IBM/plex/releases/download/@ibm/plex-serif@2.0.0/ibm-plex-serif.zip";
+    version = "2.0.0";
+  };
+  serif-variable = {
+    hash = "sha256-xhjmeIMT7FAFhfR8fekAxzQEl1hOtPdQ6qsVpnZN6Xg=";
+    name = "IBM Plex Serif (Variable)";
+    stripRoot = false;
+    url = "https://github.com/IBM/plex/releases/download/@ibm/plex-serif-variable@2.0.0/plex-serif-variable.zip";
+    version = "2.0.0";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ib/ibm-plex/hashes.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ib/ibm-plex/hashes.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 87997ed6362f..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ib/ibm-plex/hashes.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "serif" = "sha256-8ygaAeMKygYS4GCub4YUQmkh87pYHfi3s0PQ6AbaeGw=";
-  "sans" = "sha256-mK+8GGl2ugF2+fS6yd3p5NWPHHcKEJWiShDS3lihOlI=";
-  "sans-condensed" = "sha256-/aJTXmrHuoPSrtCKNodBY7I0CriayNTx5LCXw+/MFvE=";
-  "sans-arabic" = "sha256-qi4k7kMLftIuq87idyxq46FOD6QYycdG6j3zJmu8mhI=";
-  "sans-devanagari" = "sha256-K57OVqcH5r9tZx8NFEoz1P3xpUooqpF7xxJzNmnObwE=";
-  "sans-thai" = "sha256-JZVbvZdj+IfBthiqivOXHrvAUe392M9ECGsiJkm0saE=";
-  "sans-thai-looped" = "sha256-cry/Ctwt1bsrdbvWkJIYWLjsvV6a1lLFsT85znqERnw=";
-  "sans-sc" = "sha256-Q3cEVlR/UkNZaGIhNMIdojId6fHmAsZdLwMsKq1zLRY=";
-  "sans-tc" = "sha256-kZvzSK6fEjfVMR4kxC4lxtD7GskqvJZx8BBJVT4T9MU=";
-  "sans-kr" = "sha256-FsHxMvLlI4yylgG96DOZIdW2DYpk7I+c5QgkVIkNZIE=";
-  "sans-jp" = "sha256-hUl/SSkN6q3pDTtrY2mJepw3ljhhLJskGbxfsTl9TuI=";
-  "sans-hebrew" = "sha256-rTuBQYLI+6gEFTumCdaWpeoLzRoyFSmqWbXziq+UG6I=";
-  "mono" = "sha256-OwUmrPfEehLDz0fl2ChYLK8FQM2p0G1+EMrGsYEq+6g=";
-  "math" = "sha256-dJA6uqxa/yb3eLY4l39NeP0yIl2NfrbaRpf6h0/F7Xc=";
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ib/ibm-plex/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ib/ibm-plex/package.nix
index 56b6d2a6510c..1f0d84956390 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ib/ibm-plex/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ib/ibm-plex/package.nix
@@ -1,54 +1,54 @@
 {
   lib,
   stdenvNoCC,
-  fetchzip,
   symlinkJoin,
+  fetchzip,
   installFonts,
   families ? [ ],
 }:
 let
-  version = import ./version.nix;
-  availableFamilies = import ./hashes.nix;
-
-  availableFamilyNames = builtins.attrNames availableFamilies;
+  allFonts = import ./fonts.nix;
+  availableFamilyNames = builtins.attrNames allFonts;
   selectedFamilies = if (families == [ ]) then availableFamilyNames else families;
-
   unknownFamilies = lib.subtractLists availableFamilyNames families;
-in
-assert lib.assertMsg (unknownFamilies == [ ]) "Unknown font(s): ${toString unknownFamilies}";
-stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
-  pname = "ibm-plex";
-  inherit version;
+  fontsToBuild = lib.filterAttrs (name: _: lib.elem name selectedFamilies) allFonts;
+  makeFont =
+    font:
+    stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+      pname = lib.toLower (lib.replaceStrings [ " (" ")" " " ] [ "-" "" "-" ] font.name);
+      inherit (font) version;
 
-  src = symlinkJoin {
-    name = "ibm-plex-src";
-    paths = map (
-      family:
-      fetchzip {
-        url = "https://github.com/IBM/plex/releases/download/%40ibm%2Fplex-${family}%40${version}/ibm-plex-${family}.zip";
-        hash = availableFamilies.${family};
-      }
-    ) selectedFamilies;
-    postBuild = ''
-      find "$out" \( -name unhinted -or -name split \) -exec rm -fr {} +
-    '';
-  };
+      nativeBuildInputs = [ installFonts ];
 
-  sourceRoot = ".";
+      outputs = [
+        "out"
+        "webfont"
+      ];
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ installFonts ];
+      src = fetchzip {
+        inherit (font) hash url;
+        stripRoot = font.stripRoot or true;
+      };
 
-  outputs = [
-    "out"
-    "webfont"
-  ];
-
-  passthru.updateScript = ./update.sh;
+      # Some fonts, e.g. "ibm-plex-sans-korean" and "ibm-plex-sans-japanese"
+      # include both unhinted and hinted variants of the ttf and woff/woff2 type
+      # fonts, which collide when using the `installFonts` hook.
+      # Default to installing the hinted variant of the fonts.
+      #
+      # Additionally, fonts with webfonts include complete and split forms.
+      # Default to the complete forms.
+      preInstall = ''
+        find . -type d \( -name unhinted -or -name split \) -exec rm -rf {} +
+      '';
 
+      meta = meta // {
+        description = font.name;
+      };
+    });
+  fontDerivations = lib.mapAttrs (_: v: makeFont v) fontsToBuild;
   meta = {
     description = "IBM Plex Typeface";
     homepage = "https://www.ibm.com/plex/";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/IBM/plex/raw/v${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
     license = lib.licenses.ofl;
     platforms = lib.platforms.all;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
@@ -57,4 +57,12 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
       ryanccn
     ];
   };
+in
+assert lib.assertMsg (unknownFamilies == [ ]) "Unknown font(s): ${toString unknownFamilies}";
+symlinkJoin {
+  pname = "ibm-plex";
+  version = "0-unstable-2026-02-12";
+  paths = lib.attrValues fontDerivations;
+  passthru = fontDerivations;
+  inherit meta;
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ib/ibm-plex/update.sh b/pkgs/by-name/ib/ibm-plex/update.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index c44aac891530..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ib/ibm-plex/update.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-#! /usr/bin/env nix-shell
-#! nix-shell -i bash -p nix nix-prefetch jq
-#  shellcheck shell=bash
-set -eo pipefail
-
-families=(
-    "serif"
-    "sans"
-    "sans-condensed"
-    "sans-arabic"
-    "sans-devanagari"
-    "sans-thai"
-    "sans-thai-looped"
-    "sans-sc"
-    "sans-tc"
-    "sans-kr"
-    "sans-jp"
-    "sans-hebrew"
-    "mono"
-    "math"
-)
-
-version=$(curl --silent 'https://api.github.com/repos/IBM/plex/releases/latest' | jq -r '.tag_name | sub("^@ibm/[\\w-]+@"; "")')
-
-dirname="$(dirname "$0")"
-echo \""${version}"\" >"$dirname/version-new.nix"
-if diff -q "$dirname/version-new.nix" "$dirname/version.nix"; then
-    echo No new version available, current: "$version"
-    rm "$dirname/version-new.nix"
-    exit 0
-else
-    echo Updated to version "$version"
-    mv "$dirname/version-new.nix" "$dirname/version.nix"
-fi
-
-printf '{\n' > "$dirname/hashes.nix"
-
-for family in "${families[@]}"; do
-    url="https://github.com/IBM/plex/releases/download/%40ibm%2Fplex-${family}%40${version}/ibm-plex-${family}.zip"
-    printf '  "%s" = "%s";\n' "$family" "$(nix-prefetch-url --unpack "$url" | xargs nix --extra-experimental-features nix-command hash convert --hash-algo sha256)" >>"$dirname/hashes.nix"
-done
-
-printf '}\n' >> "$dirname/hashes.nix"
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ib/ibm-plex/version.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ib/ibm-plex/version.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index f0947f091566..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ib/ibm-plex/version.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-"1.1.0"