diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/kent/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/kent/default.nix
index 12bbfa09c251..a41cdfc5dee4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/kent/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/kent/default.nix
@@ -13,26 +13,32 @@
 }:
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "kent";
-  version = "404";
+  version = "446";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "ucscGenomeBrowser";
     repo = pname;
     rev = "v${version}_base";
-    sha256 = "0l5lmqqc6sqkf4hyk3z4825ly0vdlj5xdfad6zd0708cb1v81nbx";
+    hash = "sha256-d8gcoyMwINdHoD6xaNKt4rCKrKir99+i4KIzJ2YnxRw=";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ libpng libuuid zlib bzip2 xz openssl curl libmysqlclient ];
 
   patchPhase = ''
+    runHook prePatch
+
     substituteInPlace ./src/checkUmask.sh \
       --replace "/bin/bash" "${bash}/bin/bash"
 
     substituteInPlace ./src/hg/sqlEnvTest.sh \
       --replace "which mysql_config" "${which}/bin/which ${libmysqlclient}/bin/mysql_config"
+
+    runHook postPatch
   '';
 
   buildPhase = ''
+    runHook preBuild
+
     export MACHTYPE=$(uname -m)
     export CFLAGS="-fPIC"
     export MYSQLINC=$(mysql_config --include | sed -e 's/^-I//g')
@@ -56,18 +62,26 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
     cd ../utils
     make
+
+    runHook postBuild
   '';
 
   installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
     mkdir -p $out/bin
     mkdir -p $out/lib
     cp $NIX_BUILD_TOP/lib/jkOwnLib.a $out/lib
     cp $NIX_BUILD_TOP/lib/jkweb.a $out/lib
     cp $NIX_BUILD_TOP/bin/x86_64/* $out/bin
+
+    runHook postInstall
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "UCSC Genome Bioinformatics Group's suite of biological analysis tools, i.e. the kent utilities";
+    homepage = "http://genome.ucsc.edu";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/ucscGenomeBrowser/kent/releases/tag/v${version}_base";
     license = licenses.unfree;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ scalavision ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;