diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pi/picat/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/pi/picat/package.nix
index 7aeeb75be2e7..839161187d46 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/pi/picat/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/pi/picat/package.nix
@@ -5,8 +5,18 @@
   zlib,
 }:
 
-let
-  ARCH =
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  pname = "picat";
+  version = "3.8#7";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://picat-lang.org/download/picat387_src.tar.gz";
+    hash = "sha256-H+aFmagdb7jU4LZCYrNPa4ZWVB1ziiJHrUe4b1ImWks=";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ zlib ];
+
+  env.ARCH =
     {
       x86_64-linux = "linux64";
       aarch64-linux = "linux64";
@@ -15,39 +25,36 @@ let
       aarch64-darwin = "mac64";
     }
     ."${stdenv.hostPlatform.system}" or (throw "Unsupported system: ${stdenv.hostPlatform.system}");
-in
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  pname = "picat";
-  version = "3.6#8";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://picat-lang.org/download/picat368_src.tar.gz";
-    hash = "sha256-eJxF5atvJq3fhFltcQCGTP/sgUmfsfCohUgm3x2U1n0=";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = [ zlib ];
-
-  inherit ARCH;
 
   hardeningDisable = [ "format" ];
+
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   buildPhase = ''
+    runHook preBuild
+
     cd emu
     make -j $NIX_BUILD_CORES -f Makefile.$ARCH
+
+    runHook postBuild
   '';
+
   installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
     mkdir -p $out/bin $out/share
     cp picat $out/bin/
     cp -r ../doc $out/share/doc
     cp -r ../exs $out/share/examples
+
+    runHook postInstall
   '';
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  meta = {
     description = "Logic-based programming language";
     mainProgram = "picat";
     homepage = "http://picat-lang.org/";
-    license = licenses.mpl20;
+    license = lib.licenses.mpl20;
     platforms = [
       "x86_64-linux"
       "aarch64-linux"
@@ -55,7 +62,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
       "x86_64-darwin"
       "aarch64-darwin"
     ];
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
       earldouglas
       thoughtpolice
     ];