diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/mp/mpdcron/Gemfile.lock b/pkgs/by-name/mp/mpdcron/Gemfile.lock
index 81db47feff53..2b450246fec8 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/mp/mpdcron/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/mp/mpdcron/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,41 +1,17 @@
 GEM
   remote: https://rubygems.org/
   specs:
-    mini_portile2 (2.8.8)
-    nokogiri (1.18.3)
+    mini_portile2 (2.8.9)
+    nokogiri (1.18.8)
       mini_portile2 (~> 2.8.2)
       racc (~> 1.4)
-    nokogiri (1.18.3-aarch64-linux-gnu)
-      racc (~> 1.4)
-    nokogiri (1.18.3-aarch64-linux-musl)
-      racc (~> 1.4)
-    nokogiri (1.18.3-arm-linux-gnu)
-      racc (~> 1.4)
-    nokogiri (1.18.3-arm-linux-musl)
-      racc (~> 1.4)
-    nokogiri (1.18.3-arm64-darwin)
-      racc (~> 1.4)
-    nokogiri (1.18.3-x86_64-darwin)
-      racc (~> 1.4)
-    nokogiri (1.18.3-x86_64-linux-gnu)
-      racc (~> 1.4)
-    nokogiri (1.18.3-x86_64-linux-musl)
-      racc (~> 1.4)
     racc (1.8.1)
 
 PLATFORMS
-  aarch64-linux-gnu
-  aarch64-linux-musl
-  arm-linux-gnu
-  arm-linux-musl
-  arm64-darwin
   ruby
-  x86_64-darwin
-  x86_64-linux-gnu
-  x86_64-linux-musl
 
 DEPENDENCIES
   nokogiri
 
 BUNDLED WITH
-   2.6.2
+   2.6.9
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/mp/mpdcron/gemset.nix b/pkgs/by-name/mp/mpdcron/gemset.nix
index b5949dd22930..137e87c1a529 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/mp/mpdcron/gemset.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/mp/mpdcron/gemset.nix
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
     platforms = [ ];
     source = {
       remotes = [ "https://rubygems.org" ];
-      sha256 = "0x8asxl83msn815lwmb2d7q5p29p7drhjv5va0byhk60v9n16iwf";
+      sha256 = "12f2830x7pq3kj0v8nz0zjvaw02sv01bqs1zwdrc04704kwcgmqc";
       type = "gem";
     };
-    version = "2.8.8";
+    version = "2.8.9";
   };
   nokogiri = {
     dependencies = [
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@
     platforms = [ ];
     source = {
       remotes = [ "https://rubygems.org" ];
-      sha256 = "0npx535cs8qc33n0lpbbwl0p9fi3a5bczn6ayqhxvknh9yqw77vb";
+      sha256 = "0rb306hbky6cxfyc8vrwpvl40fdapjvhsk62h08gg9wwbn3n8x4c";
       type = "gem";
     };
-    version = "1.18.3";
+    version = "1.18.8";
   };
   racc = {
     groups = [ "default" ];
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/mp/mpdcron/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/mp/mpdcron/package.nix
index b3c22a7b80ee..91a535aec1f1 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/mp/mpdcron/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/mp/mpdcron/package.nix
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
   bundlerEnv,
   libnotify,
   pandoc,
+  autoreconfHook,
+  bundlerUpdateScript,
 }:
 
 let
@@ -34,8 +36,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
-    autoconf
-    automake
+    autoreconfHook
     pkg-config
   ];
   buildInputs = [
@@ -50,25 +51,21 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     libnotify
   ];
 
-  preConfigure = ''
-    ./autogen.sh
-  '';
-
   configureFlags = [
     "--enable-gmodule"
     "--with-standard-modules=all"
   ];
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  passthru.updateScript = bundlerUpdateScript "mpdcron";
+
+  meta = {
     description = "Cron like daemon for mpd";
     homepage = "http://alip.github.io/mpdcron/";
-    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
       lovek323
       manveru
     ];
-    broken = stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin; # fails due to old nokogiri https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/discussions/3152#discussioncomment-8806607
   };
 }
-# TODO: autoreconfHook this