diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/un/unicode-paracode/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/un/unicode-paracode/package.nix
index cbc960f22ff2..ffd7de1ce02d 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/un/unicode-paracode/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/un/unicode-paracode/package.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {
   lib,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  fetchurl,
   python3Packages,
   installShellFiles,
   gitUpdater,
@@ -9,38 +8,42 @@
 }:
 
 python3Packages.buildPythonApplication (finalAttrs: {
-  pname = "unicode";
-  version = "2.9";
+  pname = "unicode-paracode";
+  version = "3.2-unstable-2025-01-31";
   pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "garabik";
     repo = "unicode";
-    rev = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-FHAlZ5HID/FE9+YR7Dmc3Uh7E16QKORoD8g9jgTeQdY=";
+    rev = "7df103ee988bbfe999f457e23cbc0e954dd0e813";
+    hash = "sha256-4u/tp+KQMfgo8zS4INB8MJBOLgHqMBj3Tk2yj7Sp3YU=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    # Fix 3.13+ mutable locals()
-    (fetchurl {
-      url = "https://github.com/garabik/unicode/commit/412952b9b4730263f5b560924b84f8934ea4ba21.patch";
-      hash = "sha256-Rfm6Jc7V5n7ggQzA/yeDrYedGMWqRkeUX6FRCUkBWcI=";
-    })
-  ];
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [ installShellFiles ];
 
   build-system = with python3Packages; [ setuptools ];
 
   postFixup = ''
+    mkdir -p "$out/share/unicode"
+    ln -s "${unicode-character-database}/share/unicode/UnicodeData.txt" "$out/share/unicode/UnicodeData.txt"
+    # We want to keep /usr/share/unicode in the list for the Unihan files
     substituteInPlace "$out/bin/.unicode-wrapped" \
-      --replace-fail "/usr/share/unicode/UnicodeData.txt" "${unicode-character-database}/share/unicode/UnicodeData.txt"
+      --replace-fail "'/usr/share/unicode', " "'$out/share/unicode', '/usr/share/unicode', "
   '';
 
   postInstall = ''
     installManPage paracode.1 unicode.1
   '';
 
+  checkPhase = ''
+    runHook preCheck
+
+    echo Testing: $out/bin/unicode --brief z
+    diff -u <(echo z U+007A LATIN SMALL LETTER Z) <($out/bin/unicode --brief z 2>&1) && echo Success
+
+    runHook postCheck
+  '';
+
   passthru.updateScript = gitUpdater { rev-prefix = "v"; };
 
   meta = {
@@ -48,6 +51,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication (finalAttrs: {
     homepage = "https://github.com/garabik/unicode";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl3;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.woffs ];
+    mainProgram = "unicode";
     platforms = lib.platforms.all;
   };
 })