diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/cipher/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/cipher/default.nix
index 9265724c7d12..cdcfcc00481a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/cipher/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/cipher/default.nix
@@ -10,18 +10,17 @@
 , glib
 , gtk3
 , libgee
-, xdg_utils
 , wrapGAppsHook }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "cipher";
-  version = "2.0.0";
+  version = "2.5.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "arshubham";
     repo = "cipher";
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "0n5aigcyxnl4k52mdmavbxx6afc1ixymn3k3l2ryhyzi5q31x0x3";
+    sha256 = "00azc5ck17zkdypfza6x1viknwhimd9fqgk2ybff3mx6aphmla7a";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -42,10 +41,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   postPatch = ''
-  	substituteInPlace data/com.github.arshubham.cipher.desktop.in \
-  		--replace xdg-open ${xdg_utils}/bin/xdg-open
-    chmod +x post_install.py
-    patchShebangs post_install.py
+    substituteInPlace data/com.github.arshubham.cipher.desktop.in \
+      --replace "gio" "${glib.bin}/bin/gio"
+    chmod +x meson/post_install.py
+    patchShebangs meson/post_install.py
   '';
 
   passthru = {