diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/kicad/base.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/kicad/base.nix
index aa5d9a7ade19..cce72245bb34 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/kicad/base.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/kicad/base.nix
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 , libpthreadstubs
 , libXdmcp
 , lndir
+, unixODBC
 
 , util-linux
 , libselinux
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@
 , at-spi2-core
 , libXtst
 
-, swig
+, swig4
 , python
 , wxPython
 , opencascade-occt
@@ -68,16 +69,18 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   # tagged releases don't have "unknown"
   # kicad nightlies use git describe --dirty
   # nix removes .git, so its approximated here
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace CMakeModules/KiCadVersion.cmake \
-      --replace "unknown" "${builtins.substring 0 10 src.rev}" \
-  '';
+  postPatch = if (!stable) then ''
+    substituteInPlace cmake/KiCadVersion.cmake \
+      --replace "unknown" "${builtins.substring 0 10 src.rev}"
+  ''
+  else "";
 
   makeFlags = optionals (debug) [ "CFLAGS+=-Og" "CFLAGS+=-ggdb" ];
 
   cmakeFlags = [
     # RPATH of binary /nix/store/.../bin/... contains a forbidden reference to /build/
     "-DCMAKE_SKIP_BUILD_RPATH=ON"
+    "-DKICAD_USE_EGL=ON"
   ]
   ++ optionals (withScripting) [
     "-DKICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON"
@@ -151,15 +154,19 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     curl
     openssl
     boost
-    swig
+    swig4
     python
   ]
+  ++ optional (!stable) unixODBC
   ++ optional (withScripting) wxPython
   ++ optional (withNgspice) libngspice
   ++ optional (withOCC) opencascade-occt
   ++ optional (debug) valgrind
   ;
 
+  # started becoming necessary halfway into 2022, not sure what changed to break a test...
+  preInstallCheck = optionals (withNgspice) [ "export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${libngspice}/lib" ];
+
   # debug builds fail all but the python test
   # stable release doesn't have the fix for upstream issue 9888 yet
   doInstallCheck = !debug && !stable;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/kicad/update.sh b/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/kicad/update.sh
index c51d32d39ac8..625b2962fa23 100755
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/kicad/update.sh
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/kicad/update.sh
@@ -65,7 +65,11 @@ tmp="${here}/,versions.nix.${RANDOM}"
 libs=( symbols templates footprints packages3d )
 
 get_rev() {
-  git ls-remote --tags "$@"
+  if [[ ${version} == "master" ]]; then
+    git ls-remote --heads "$@"
+  else
+    git ls-remote --tags "$@"
+  fi
 }
 
 gitlab="https://gitlab.com/kicad"
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/kicad/versions.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/kicad/versions.nix
index eb8a2fd6dafd..b6d6def4fca5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/kicad/versions.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/kicad/versions.nix
@@ -25,23 +25,23 @@
   };
   "kicad-unstable" = {
     kicadVersion = {
-      version =			"2022-06-21";
+      version =			"2022-09-18";
       src = {
-        rev =			"b54bb909755d39dcce38ef277c715d7f31ab8e00";
-        sha256 =		"0nzgrkkvc66hgqdrwfmh5fjw4ffr8gc3bw3n44sa6zjkkz5s6p48";
+        rev =			"0efc1149afed2af5b81e4555de4623217ece650f";
+        sha256 =		"19fqy8yvvl45izg5ynhch9r4gl4ncx0bz9s6n1x98bgzxkdyc14q";
       };
     };
     libVersion = {
-      version =			"2022-06-21";
+      version =			"2022-09-18";
       libSources = {
-        symbols.rev =		"a003b00f6f1056d726e32e911cd65b32946f5503";
-        symbols.sha256 =	"02z3vqhz1rlf57zi8vyrlxvvdl1hpsh447p41qdgcpn5dyjycb9d";
+        symbols.rev =		"879023fba005d23f285b6d052d9e6bcba1d754aa";
+        symbols.sha256 =	"1nxz8r3h3j62fs3s77lj27333fsj5c4i01n05lv0gqx36h28hqxk";
         templates.rev =		"ae2b46f8756d79379b90fec01d4fdde1ccfd73c1";
         templates.sha256 =	"08zxh83fbygh1x2jhca8nrp3f9kihf7kmg65qmyp95wvps4p5h8v";
-        footprints.rev =	"5df530ec44892407d6382d933ff9ad42dd19df0e";
-        footprints.sha256 =	"1phynxisha2pq2knbx5l1hkdz1bmjm0qxl3lcb4ab82h8d35r37c";
-        packages3d.rev =	"6bfd8dfa3adc6ac316b9857977c87f22282c6e24";
-        packages3d.sha256 =	"0ci9gxbpfnfqwah95ki4qcwlca78s1z6s7hckisnp58a1cm9siya";
+        footprints.rev =	"b1dfe894de90b0063befc02b914dc9e2b47e3a62";
+        footprints.sha256 =	"06kn6c00wlnr33mks582xhadvkbbgmqhb4qc1wjfw264pavz7v7y";
+        packages3d.rev =	"45df600c5e3dd5113d62e6445115e7c37bdf362f";
+        packages3d.sha256 =	"0cnrg7mr3khpglviid1adk2ihs1qwj0r7l32z2vqsl8aidzbg9kr";
       };
     };
   };