diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/hdrmerge/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/hdrmerge/default.nix
index cfd5fe516be5..ba0d25ac112d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/hdrmerge/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/hdrmerge/default.nix
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@
 
 mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "hdrmerge";
-  version = "unstable-2023-01-04";
+  version = "0.5.0-unstable-2024-08-02";
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "jcelaya";
     repo = "hdrmerge";
-    rev = "ca38b54f980564942a7f2b014a5f57a64c1d9019";
-    hash = "sha256-DleYgpDXP0NvbmEURXnBfe3OYnT1CaQq+Mw93JQQprE=";
+    rev = "e2a46f97498b321b232cc7f145461212677200f1";
+    hash = "sha256-471gJtF9M36pAId9POG8ZIpNk9H/157EdHqXSAPlhN0=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -42,15 +42,6 @@ mkDerivation rec {
     "-include cstdint"
   ];
 
-  patches = [
-    # https://github.com/jcelaya/hdrmerge/pull/222
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "exiv2-0.28.patch";
-      url = "https://github.com/jcelaya/hdrmerge/commit/377d8e6f3c7cdd1a45b63bce2493ad177dde03fb.patch";
-      hash = "sha256-lXHML6zGkVeWKvmY5ECoJL2xjmtZz77XJd5prpgJiZo=";
-    })
-  ];
-
   desktopItems = [
     (makeDesktopItem {
       name = "HDRMerge";