diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/linux-wallpaperengine/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/linux-wallpaperengine/package.nix
index 5dfee0f92ad5..ac562221a0f1 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/linux-wallpaperengine/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/linux-wallpaperengine/package.nix
@@ -2,102 +2,119 @@
   lib,
   stdenv,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  autoPatchelfHook,
   cmake,
+  file,
+  pkg-config,
+  python3,
+  SDL2,
+  SDL2_mixer,
+  cef-binary,
+  egl-wayland,
   ffmpeg,
-  libglut,
+  fftw,
   glew,
   glfw,
   glm,
-  libpulseaudio,
+  kissfftFloat,
   libXau,
   libXdmcp,
   libXpm,
   libXrandr,
   libXxf86vm,
+  libdecor,
+  libffi,
+  libglut,
+  libpng,
+  libpulseaudio,
   lz4,
   mpv,
-  pkg-config,
-  SDL2,
-  SDL2_mixer,
-  zlib,
   wayland,
   wayland-protocols,
-  egl-wayland,
-  libffi,
   wayland-scanner,
-  cef-binary,
-  libdecor,
-  autoPatchelfHook,
+  zlib,
 }:
 
 let
   cef = cef-binary.overrideAttrs (oldAttrs: {
-    version = "120.1.10";
+    version = "135.0.17"; # follow upstream. https://github.com/Almamu/linux-wallpaperengine/blob/be0fc25e72203310f268221a132c5d765874b02c/CMakeLists.txt#L47
     __intentionallyOverridingVersion = true; # `cef-binary` uses the overridden `srcHash` values in its source FOD
-    gitRevision = "3ce3184";
-    chromiumVersion = "120.0.6099.129";
+    gitRevision = "cbc1c5b";
+    chromiumVersion = "135.0.7049.52";
 
     srcHash =
       {
-        aarch64-linux = "sha256-l0PSW4ZeLhfEauf1bez1GoLfu9cwXZzEocDlGI9yFsQ=";
-        x86_64-linux = "sha256-OdIVEy77tiYRfDWXgyceSstFqCNeZHswzkpw06LSnP0=";
+        aarch64-linux = "sha256-LK5JvtcmuwCavK7LnWmMF2UDpM5iIZOmsuZS/t9koDs=";
+        x86_64-linux = "sha256-JKwZgOYr57GuosM31r1Lx3DczYs35HxtuUs5fxPsTcY=";
       }
       .${stdenv.hostPlatform.system} or (throw "unsupported system ${stdenv.hostPlatform.system}");
   });
 in
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "linux-wallpaperengine";
-  version = "0-unstable-2024-11-08";
+  version = "0-unstable-2025-05-17";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "Almamu";
     repo = "linux-wallpaperengine";
-    rev = "4a063d0b84d331a0086b3f4605358ee177328d41";
-    hash = "sha256-IRTGFxHPRRRSg0J07pq8fpo1XbMT4aZC+wMVimZlH/Y=";
+    rev = "be0fc25e72203310f268221a132c5d765874b02c";
+    fetchSubmodules = true;
+    hash = "sha256-Wkxt6c5aSMJnQPx/n8MeNKLQ8YmdFilzhJ1wQooKprI=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
-    cmake
-    pkg-config
     autoPatchelfHook
+    cmake
+    file
+    pkg-config
+    python3
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
-    libdecor
+    SDL2
+    SDL2_mixer
+    egl-wayland
     ffmpeg
-    libglut
+    fftw
     glew
     glfw
     glm
-    libpulseaudio
+    kissfftFloat
     libXau
-    SDL2_mixer
     libXdmcp
     libXpm
+    libXrandr
     libXxf86vm
-    mpv
+    libdecor
+    libffi
+    libglut
+    libpng
+    libpulseaudio
     lz4
-    SDL2
-    zlib
+    mpv
     wayland
     wayland-protocols
-    egl-wayland
-    libffi
     wayland-scanner
-    libXrandr
+    zlib
   ];
 
   cmakeFlags = [
     "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${cef.buildType}"
     "-DCEF_ROOT=${cef}"
-    "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${placeholder "out"}/app/linux-wallpaperengine"
+    "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${placeholder "out"}/share/linux-wallpaperengine"
   ];
 
-  preFixup = ''
-    patchelf --set-rpath "${lib.makeLibraryPath buildInputs}:${cef}" $out/app/linux-wallpaperengine/linux-wallpaperengine
-    chmod 755 $out/app/linux-wallpaperengine/linux-wallpaperengine
+  postInstall = ''
+    rm -rf $out/bin $out/lib $out/include
+    chmod 755 $out/share/linux-wallpaperengine/linux-wallpaperengine
     mkdir $out/bin
-    ln -s $out/app/linux-wallpaperengine/linux-wallpaperengine $out/bin/linux-wallpaperengine
+    ln -s $out/share/linux-wallpaperengine/linux-wallpaperengine $out/bin/linux-wallpaperengine
+  '';
+
+  preFixup = ''
+    find $out/share/linux-wallpaperengine -type f -exec file {} \; | grep 'ELF' | cut -d: -f1 | while read -r elf_file; do
+      patchelf --shrink-rpath --allowed-rpath-prefixes "$NIX_STORE" "$elf_file"
+    done
   '';
 
   meta = {
@@ -112,4 +129,4 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ];
     hydraPlatforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ]; # Hydra "aarch64-linux" fails with "Output limit exceeded"
   };
-}
+})