diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/re/rerun/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/re/rerun/package.nix
index 68f84fb95f45..6104fa868e8a 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/re/rerun/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/re/rerun/package.nix
@@ -1,36 +1,51 @@
 {
   lib,
+  stdenv,
   rustPlatform,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  pkg-config,
-  stdenv,
+
+  # nativeBuildInputs
   binaryen,
-  rustfmt,
   lld,
-  darwin,
+  pkg-config,
+  protobuf,
+  rustfmt,
+
+  # buildInputs
   freetype,
   glib,
   gtk3,
   libxkbcommon,
   openssl,
-  protobuf,
   vulkan-loader,
   wayland,
+  apple-sdk_11,
+
+  versionCheckHook,
+
+  # passthru
+  nix-update-script,
   python3Packages,
 }:
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   pname = "rerun";
-  version = "0.20.2";
+  version = "0.21.0";
+
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "rerun-io";
     repo = "rerun";
-    rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-AoI+BKDqHRsBrZAAwrE17xCduIP9wI7WPSSpn7SMz/M=";
+    tag = version;
+    hash = "sha256-U+Q8u1XKBD9c49eXAgc5vASKytgyAEYyYv8XNfftlZU=";
   };
 
-  useFetchCargoVendor = true;
-  cargoHash = "sha256-LB8P9ceHN4zq+8qv1h0nDKW9FVTEbSrX/Zbv2WB29ck=";
+  # The path in `build.rs` is wrong for some reason, so we patch it to make the passthru tests work
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace rerun_py/build.rs \
+      --replace-fail '"rerun_sdk/rerun_cli/rerun"' '"rerun_sdk/rerun"'
+  '';
+
+  cargoHash = "sha256-d68dNAAGY+a0DpL82S/qntu2XOsoVqHpfU2L9NcoJQc=";
 
   cargoBuildFlags = [ "--package rerun-cli" ];
   cargoTestFlags = [ "--package rerun-cli" ];
@@ -57,18 +72,12 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
       libxkbcommon
       vulkan-loader
     ]
+    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux [ (lib.getLib wayland) ]
     ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
-      darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks.AppKit
-      darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks.CoreFoundation
-      darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks.CoreGraphics
-      darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks.CoreServices
-      darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks.Foundation
-      darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks.IOKit
-      darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks.Metal
-      darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks.QuartzCore
-      darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks.Security
-    ]
-    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux [ (lib.getLib wayland) ];
+      # Undefined symbols for architecture x86_64: "_NSAccessibilityTabButtonSubrole"
+      # ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture x86_64
+      apple-sdk_11
+    ];
 
   addDlopenRunpaths = map (p: "${lib.getLib p}/lib") (
     lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux [
@@ -97,21 +106,28 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
 
   postPhases = lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux [ "addDlopenRunpathsPhase" ];
 
-  # The path in `build.rs` is wrong for some reason, so we patch it to make the passthru tests work
-  patches = [ ./tests.patch ];
-  passthru.tests = {
-    inherit (python3Packages) rerun-sdk;
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [
+    versionCheckHook
+  ];
+  versionCheckProgramArg = [ "--version" ];
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+
+  passthru = {
+    updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+    tests = {
+      inherit (python3Packages) rerun-sdk;
+    };
   };
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  meta = {
     description = "Visualize streams of multimodal data. Fast, easy to use, and simple to integrate.  Built in Rust using egui";
     homepage = "https://github.com/rerun-io/rerun";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/rerun-io/rerun/blob/${src.rev}/CHANGELOG.md";
-    license = with licenses; [
+    changelog = "https://github.com/rerun-io/rerun/blob/${src.tag}/CHANGELOG.md";
+    license = with lib.licenses; [
       asl20
       mit
     ];
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
       SomeoneSerge
       robwalt
     ];
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/re/rerun/tests.patch b/pkgs/by-name/re/rerun/tests.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 69a5ad5399b7..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/re/rerun/tests.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
- rerun_py/build.rs | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/rerun_py/build.rs b/rerun_py/build.rs
-index 3d292c55b..28e54f06b 100644
---- a/rerun_py/build.rs
-+++ b/rerun_py/build.rs
-@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ fn main() {
-         #[cfg(not(target_os = "windows"))]
-         let rerun_bin = std::env::current_dir()
-             .expect("std::env::current_dir() failed")
--            .join("rerun_sdk/rerun_cli/rerun");
-+            .join("rerun_sdk/rerun");
- 
-         if !rerun_bin.exists() {
-             eprintln!("ERROR: Expected to find `rerun` at `{rerun_bin:?}`.");
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/rerun-sdk/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rerun-sdk/default.nix
index ff2e98adc578..c42d58374018 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/rerun-sdk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rerun-sdk/default.nix
@@ -1,21 +1,25 @@
 {
-  buildPythonPackage,
   lib,
-  rustPlatform,
   stdenv,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  rerun,
+  python,
+
+  # nativeBuildInputs
+  rustPlatform,
+
+  # dependencies
   attrs,
-  darwin,
   numpy,
+  opencv4,
   pillow,
   pyarrow,
-  rerun,
-  torch,
-  typing-extensions,
-  pytestCheckHook,
-  python,
-  libiconv,
   semver,
-  opencv4,
+  typing-extensions,
+
+  # tests
+  pytestCheckHook,
+  torch,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage {
@@ -26,7 +30,7 @@ buildPythonPackage {
     src
     version
     cargoDeps
-    patches
+    postPatch
     ;
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -35,23 +39,14 @@ buildPythonPackage {
     rerun
   ];
 
-  buildInputs =
-    [
-      libiconv # No-op on Linux, necessary on Darwin.
-    ]
-    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
-      darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks.AppKit
-      darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks.CoreServices
-    ];
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+  dependencies = [
     attrs
     numpy
+    opencv4
     pillow
     pyarrow
-    typing-extensions
     semver
-    opencv4
+    typing-extensions
   ];
 
   buildAndTestSubdir = "rerun_py";