diff --git a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
index 78259b55ae83..669baf88ac0e 100644
--- a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
+++ b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
@@ -14026,6 +14026,11 @@
     githubId = 2422454;
     name = "Kai Wohlfahrt";
   };
+  kyehn = {
+    name = "kyehn";
+    github = "kyehn";
+    githubId = 228304369;
+  };
   kylecarbs = {
     name = "Kyle Carberry";
     email = "kyle@carberry.com";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/vigra/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/vigra/default.nix
index 7f73bf4eee89..46d4965c105f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/vigra/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/vigra/default.nix
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
   libtiff,
   openexr,
   python3,
+  writeShellScript,
+  jq,
+  nix-update,
 }:
 
 let
@@ -19,21 +22,15 @@ let
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "vigra";
-  version = "1.12.1";
+  version = "1.12.2";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "ukoethe";
     repo = "vigra";
     tag = "Version-${lib.replaceStrings [ "." ] [ "-" ] finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-ZmHj1BSyoMBCuxI5hrRiBEb5pDUsGzis+T5FSX27UN8=";
+    hash = "sha256-E+O5NbDX1ycDJTht6kW8JzYnhEL6Wd1xp0rcLpdm2HQ=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    # Patches to fix compiling on LLVM 19 from https://github.com/ukoethe/vigra/pull/592
-    ./fix-llvm-19-1.patch
-    ./fix-llvm-19-2.patch
-  ];
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
   buildInputs = [
     boost
@@ -69,14 +66,21 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
         doCheck = stdenv.buildPlatform.canExecute stdenv.hostPlatform;
       });
     };
+    updateScript = writeShellScript "update-vigra" ''
+      latestVersion=$(curl ''${GITHUB_TOKEN:+-u ":$GITHUB_TOKEN"} --fail --silent https://api.github.com/repos/ukoethe/vigra/releases/latest | ${lib.getExe jq} --raw-output .tag_name | sed -E 's/Version-([0-9]+)-([0-9]+)-([0-9]+)/\1.\2.\3/')
+      ${lib.getExe nix-update} vigra --version $latestVersion
+    '';
   };
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  meta = {
     description = "Novel computer vision C++ library with customizable algorithms and data structures";
     mainProgram = "vigra-config";
     homepage = "https://hci.iwr.uni-heidelberg.de/vigra";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ShamrockLee ];
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
+      ShamrockLee
+      kyehn
+    ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
   };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/vigra/fix-llvm-19-1.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/vigra/fix-llvm-19-1.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 543f0752e84f..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/vigra/fix-llvm-19-1.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-From c04362c082f35e87afbc9441dd2b3821de179055 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Lukas N Wirz <lnwirz@chem.helsinki.fi>
-Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2024 23:15:40 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] fix --this typo
-
----
- include/vigra/multi_iterator_coupled.hxx | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/include/vigra/multi_iterator_coupled.hxx b/include/vigra/multi_iterator_coupled.hxx
-index 6831dad5d..9e6ca3c62 100644
---- a/include/vigra/multi_iterator_coupled.hxx
-+++ b/include/vigra/multi_iterator_coupled.hxx
-@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ class CoupledScanOrderIterator<N, HANDLES, 0>
-     CoupledScanOrderIterator operator--(int)
-     {
-         CoupledScanOrderIterator res(*this);
--        --this;
-+        std::advance(this, -1);
-         return res;
-     }
- 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/vigra/fix-llvm-19-2.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/vigra/fix-llvm-19-2.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 92e730655fb7..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/vigra/fix-llvm-19-2.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-From 191c09c2b086e1b0ab0ca1088e48e35fe492c620 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Lukas N Wirz <lnwirz@chem.helsinki.fi>
-Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2024 16:01:46 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] typo
-
----
- include/vigra/multi_iterator_coupled.hxx | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/include/vigra/multi_iterator_coupled.hxx b/include/vigra/multi_iterator_coupled.hxx
-index 9e6ca3c62..1cb401897 100644
---- a/include/vigra/multi_iterator_coupled.hxx
-+++ b/include/vigra/multi_iterator_coupled.hxx
-@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ class CoupledScanOrderIterator<N, HANDLES, 0>
-     CoupledScanOrderIterator operator--(int)
-     {
-         CoupledScanOrderIterator res(*this);
--        std::advance(this, -1);
-+        std::advance(*this, -1);
-         return res;
-     }
-