diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/geany/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/geany/default.nix
index 4c98f18c4346..21b8ba0adc9d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/geany/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/geany/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "geany";
-  version = "2.0";
+  version = "2.1";
 
   outputs = [
     "out"
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://download.geany.org/geany-${finalAttrs.version}.tar.bz2";
-    hash = "sha256-VltM0vAxHB46Fn7HHEoy26ZC4P5VSuW7a4F3t6dMzJI=";
+    hash = "sha256-a5aohERjMAwQuWkqCl7a2CNu7J6ENC9XX4PU/IkzEig=";
   };
 
   patches = [
@@ -46,9 +46,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     wrapGAppsHook3
   ];
 
-  buildInputs = [
-    gtk3
-  ];
+  buildInputs = [ gtk3 ];
 
   preCheck = ''
     patchShebangs --build tests/ctags/runner.sh
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/geany/disable-test-sidebar.patch b/pkgs/applications/editors/geany/disable-test-sidebar.patch
index a4b71516c5a5..2ca8f045af9f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/geany/disable-test-sidebar.patch
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/geany/disable-test-sidebar.patch
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 --- a/tests/Makefile.in	2023-10-19 18:10:06.000000000 +0200
-+++ b/tests/Makefile.in	2023-11-10 00:13:09.816498568 +0100
-@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
++++ b/tests/Makefile.in	2025-07-06 18:09:09.816498568 +0100
+@@ -86,8 +86,7 @@
  POST_UNINSTALL = :
  build_triplet = @build@
  host_triplet = @host@
--check_PROGRAMS = test_utils$(EXEEXT) test_sidebar$(EXEEXT)
+-check_PROGRAMS = test_utils$(EXEEXT) test_sidebar$(EXEEXT) \
+-	test_encodings$(EXEEXT)
 +check_PROGRAMS = test_utils$(EXEEXT)
  subdir = tests
  ACLOCAL_M4 = $(top_srcdir)/aclocal.m4