diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gi/gitea/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gi/gitea/package.nix
index 37ece7f0cf99..3634b94d7875 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gi/gitea/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gi/gitea/package.nix
@@ -9,44 +9,54 @@
   compressDrvWeb,
   gitea,
   gzip,
+  nodejs,
   openssh,
+  pnpm,
+  stdenv,
   sqliteSupport ? true,
   nixosTests,
-  buildNpmPackage,
 }:
 
 let
-  frontend = buildNpmPackage {
+  frontend = stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     pname = "gitea-frontend";
     inherit (gitea) src version;
 
-    npmDepsHash = "sha256-86SIiBamHdilEWbwBk6usVU/tzdYTT3Zvph3w/ZVjTs=";
+    pnpmDeps = pnpm.fetchDeps {
+      inherit (finalAttrs) pname version src;
+      fetcherVersion = 2;
+      hash = "sha256-0p7P68BvO3hv0utUbnPpHSpGLlV7F9HHmOITvJAb/ww=";
+    };
+
+    nativeBuildInputs = [
+      nodejs
+      pnpm.configHook
+    ];
 
-    # use webpack directly instead of 'make frontend' as the packages are already installed
     buildPhase = ''
-      BROWSERSLIST_IGNORE_OLD_DATA=true npx webpack
+      make frontend
     '';
 
     installPhase = ''
       mkdir -p $out
       cp -R public $out/
     '';
-  };
+  });
 in
 buildGoModule rec {
   pname = "gitea";
-  version = "1.24.7";
+  version = "1.25.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "go-gitea";
     repo = "gitea";
     tag = "v${gitea.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-0UOzEVy7SqYVnH3dJCzS9/jvRg7F/uqjZgQvUhh7RoE=";
+    hash = "sha256-uBBL62Q/aigsCo0S0hwNooKljTn+OfcqoJxan6Ac0rM=";
   };
 
   proxyVendor = true;
 
-  vendorHash = "sha256-t9KeK1S16xaPxfg+LYRp6/PuuxeEOgRF4GEvgKusDiI=";
+  vendorHash = "sha256-HHW7xgXJKnzj6HLKAUXKYIZgOKKbXVSK+YGSKCwBeLU=";
 
   outputs = [
     "out"
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gi/gitea/static-root-path.patch b/pkgs/by-name/gi/gitea/static-root-path.patch
index 7f70329c6040..db2857cfe5ea 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gi/gitea/static-root-path.patch
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gi/gitea/static-root-path.patch
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 diff --git a/modules/setting/server.go b/modules/setting/server.go
-index 183906268..fa02e8915 100644
+index 38e166e02a..bbe9af4718 100644
 --- a/modules/setting/server.go
 +++ b/modules/setting/server.go
-@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ func loadServerFrom(rootCfg ConfigProvider) {
- 	OfflineMode = sec.Key("OFFLINE_MODE").MustBool()
- 	Log.DisableRouterLog = sec.Key("DISABLE_ROUTER_LOG").MustBool()
+@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ func loadServerFrom(rootCfg ConfigProvider) {
+ 	RedirectorUseProxyProtocol = sec.Key("REDIRECTOR_USE_PROXY_PROTOCOL").MustBool(UseProxyProtocol)
+ 	OfflineMode = sec.Key("OFFLINE_MODE").MustBool(true)
  	if len(StaticRootPath) == 0 {
 -		StaticRootPath = AppWorkPath
 +		StaticRootPath = "@data@"