diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/mate/pluma/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/mate/pluma/default.nix
index 336a284d1072..337096fb279a 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/mate/pluma/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/mate/pluma/default.nix
@@ -1,48 +1,52 @@
 {
   lib,
   stdenv,
-  fetchurl,
-  fetchpatch,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  autoconf-archive,
+  autoreconfHook,
   pkg-config,
   gettext,
   perl,
   itstool,
   isocodes,
   enchant,
+  gtk-doc,
   libxml2,
+  mate-common,
   python3,
   gtksourceview4,
   libpeas,
   mate-desktop,
   wrapGAppsHook3,
+  yelp-tools,
   gitUpdater,
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "pluma";
-  version = "1.28.0";
+  version = "1.28.1";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://pub.mate-desktop.org/releases/${lib.versions.majorMinor finalAttrs.version}/pluma-${finalAttrs.version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "qorflYk0UJOlDjCyft5KeKJCHRcnwn9GX8h8Q1llodQ=";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "mate-desktop";
+    repo = "pluma";
+    tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    fetchSubmodules = true;
+    hash = "sha256-+3zY3A7JRc7utYMNiQBnsy0lZr1PuDSOtdP+iigNRDQ=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    # Switch to girepository-2.0
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/pluma/raw/55b770fa4d899bd92aa5ce94f3be7e2e3523a096/f/libpeas1_pygobject352.patch";
-      hash = "sha256-uNGz6LEnJU4HxU1yzcm2mmrGM6QyuRSwc3w7XDYCNaQ=";
-    })
-  ];
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [
+    autoconf-archive
+    autoreconfHook
     gettext
     isocodes
     itstool
+    gtk-doc
+    mate-common # mate-common.m4 macros
     perl
     pkg-config
     python3.pkgs.wrapPython
     wrapGAppsHook3
+    yelp-tools
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
@@ -58,7 +62,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   pythonPath = with python3.pkgs; [
     pycairo
-    six
   ];
 
   postFixup = ''
@@ -67,7 +70,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   '';
 
   passthru.updateScript = gitUpdater {
-    url = "https://git.mate-desktop.org/pluma";
     odd-unstable = true;
     rev-prefix = "v";
   };