diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/bu/bulk_extractor/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/bu/bulk_extractor/package.nix
index d15f4eaeedb1..563b908400c9 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/bu/bulk_extractor/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/bu/bulk_extractor/package.nix
@@ -7,34 +7,50 @@
 , libewf
 , libxml2
 , openssl
-, tre
 , zlib
+, pkg-config
+, python310
+, re2
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "bulk_extractor";
-  version = "2.0.6";
+  version = "2.1.1";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "simsong";
     repo = "bulk_extractor";
     rev = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-LNdRN4pEA0rVEyKiBKGJgTKA4veVvsuP3ufiolHTk/s=";
+    hash = "sha256-Jj/amXESFBu/ZaiIRlDKmtWTBVQ2TEvOM2jBYP3y1L8=";
     fetchSubmodules = true;
   };
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    pkg-config
+    python310
+    autoreconfHook
+  ];
   buildInputs = [
     exiv2
     flex
     libewf
     libxml2
     openssl
-    tre
     zlib
+    re2
   ];
 
+  preAutoreconf = ''
+    python3 etc/makefile_builder.py
+    autoheader -f
+    aclocal -I m4
+  '';
+
+  postPatch = lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
+    substituteInPlace src/be20_api/feature_recorder_set.cpp --replace-fail '#warn ' '#warning '
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A digital forensics tool for extracting information from file systems";
     longDescription = ''