diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/lo/louvre/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/lo/louvre/package.nix
index 668e1e2d1a25..1852a7dc3990 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/lo/louvre/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/lo/louvre/package.nix
@@ -19,19 +19,26 @@
 , udev
 , wayland
 , xorgproto
+, nix-update-script
 }:
-stdenv.mkDerivation (self: {
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "louvre";
-  version = "2.2.0-1";
-  rev = "v${self.version}";
-  hash = "sha256-Ds1TTxHFq0Z88djdpAunhtKAipOCTodKIKOh5oxF568=";
+  version = "2.9.0-1";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    inherit (self) rev hash;
     owner = "CuarzoSoftware";
     repo = "Louvre";
+    rev = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-0M1Hl5kF8r4iFflkGBb9CWqwzauSZPVKSRNWZKFZC4U=";
   };
 
+  sourceRoot = "${finalAttrs.src.name}/src";
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace examples/meson.build \
+      --replace-fail "/usr/local/share/wayland-sessions" "${placeholder "out"}/share/wayland-sessions"
+  '';
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     meson
     ninja
@@ -58,10 +65,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (self: {
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
 
-  preConfigure = ''
-    # The root meson.build file is in src/
-    cd src
-  '';
+  passthru = {
+    updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+  };
 
   meta = {
     description = "C++ library for building Wayland compositors";