diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/md/mdadm4/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/md/mdadm4/package.nix
index 7806e313f583..f2d69266ac17 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/md/mdadm4/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/md/mdadm4/package.nix
@@ -8,15 +8,17 @@
   system-sendmail,
   udev,
   udevCheckHook,
+  gitUpdater,
+  nixosTests,
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "mdadm";
-  version = "4.3";
+  version = "4.4";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://kernel/linux/utils/raid/mdadm/mdadm-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "sha256-QWcnrh8QgOpuMJDOo23QdoJvw2kVHjarc2VXupIZb58=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-m0iPNe0VPfmZJLX+Qe7TgOhRLejxihGGKMrN1oGx1XM=";
   };
 
   patches = [
@@ -32,10 +34,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       url = "https://lore.kernel.org/linux-raid/20240220165158.3521874-1-raj.khem@gmail.com/raw";
       hash = "sha256-JOZ8n7zi+nq236NPpB4e2gUy8I3l3DbcoLhpeL73f98=";
     })
-    (fetchurl {
-      url = "https://github.com/md-raid-utilities/mdadm/commit/9dbd11e091f84eb0bf9d717283774816c4c4453d.patch";
-      hash = "sha256-8GdjP1ceVwejTOFXcHXG8wkIF9/D6hOUGD6btvuqs24=";
-    })
   ];
 
   makeFlags = [
@@ -80,6 +78,17 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     grep -r $out $out/bin && false || true
   '';
 
+  passthru = {
+    tests = {
+      inherit (nixosTests) systemd-initrd-swraid;
+      installer-swraid = nixosTests.installer.swraid;
+    };
+    updateScript = gitUpdater {
+      url = "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/mdadm/mdadm.git";
+      rev-prefix = "mdadm-";
+    };
+  };
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Programs for managing RAID arrays under Linux";
     homepage = "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/mdadm/mdadm.git";