diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ri/river/build.zig.zon.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ri/river/build.zig.zon.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..424b5ad35edd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ri/river/build.zig.zon.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# generated by zon2nix (https://github.com/nix-community/zon2nix)
+
+{ linkFarm, fetchzip }:
+
+linkFarm "zig-packages" [
+  {
+    name = "122014eeb4600a059bdcfe1c864862f17e6d5e4237e3bb7d6818f2a5583f6f4eb843";
+    path = fetchzip {
+      url = "https://codeberg.org/ifreund/zig-pixman/archive/v0.1.0.tar.gz";
+      hash = "sha256-Atfkiyt9v+GWry3xA2Y0Iv6AvwbZ+EHfHLmX0AUEz6Y=";
+    };
+  }
+  {
+    name = "1220714d1cc39c3abb1d9c22a0b838d847ead099cb7d9931821490483f30c022e827";
+    path = fetchzip {
+      url = "https://codeberg.org/ifreund/zig-wlroots/archive/v0.17.0.tar.gz";
+      hash = "sha256-C1D2dBn65Z9PmDacpeYbdX574fcOyYi/BJVDUMibkPA=";
+    };
+  }
+  {
+    name = "1220840390382c88caf9b0887f6cebbba3a7d05960b8b2ee6d80567b2950b71e5017";
+    path = fetchzip {
+      url = "https://codeberg.org/ifreund/zig-xkbcommon/archive/v0.1.0.tar.gz";
+      hash = "sha256-xilmsDGWlkfpTiGff+/nb76jx87ANdr4zqYy6rKOBMg=";
+    };
+  }
+  {
+    name = "1220b0f8f822c1625af7aae4cb3ab2c4ec1a4c0e99ef32867b2a8d88bb070b3e7f6d";
+    path = fetchzip {
+      url = "https://codeberg.org/ifreund/zig-wayland/archive/v0.1.0.tar.gz";
+      hash = "sha256-VLEx8nRgmJZWgLNBRqrR7bZEkW0m5HTRv984HKwoIfA=";
+    };
+  }
+]
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/river/default.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ri/river/package.nix
similarity index 82%
rename from pkgs/applications/window-managers/river/default.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/ri/river/package.nix
index 698d785a1911..0a251f51e079 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/river/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ri/river/package.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 { lib
 , stdenv
+, callPackage
 , fetchFromGitea
 , libGL
 , libX11
@@ -14,14 +15,14 @@
 , wayland-protocols
 , wlroots_0_17
 , xwayland
-, zig_0_11
+, zig_0_12
 , withManpages ? true
 , xwaylandSupport ? true
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "river";
-  version = "0.3.1";
+  version = "0.3.2";
 
   outputs = [ "out" ] ++ lib.optionals withManpages [ "man" ];
 
@@ -31,14 +32,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     repo = "river";
     rev = "refs/tags/v${finalAttrs.version}";
     fetchSubmodules = true;
-    hash = "sha256-H/908/TP2uzJD1yH4mCXHvorY+4kAhzEkWn6nZGsyBg=";
+    hash = "sha256-I09cR5aN7qXOzV9HDXaL4TjoeJcVa0Ch00zxOJokdDE=";
   };
 
+  deps = callPackage ./build.zig.zon.nix { };
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     pkg-config
     wayland
     xwayland
-    zig_0_11.hook
+    zig_0_12.hook
   ]
   ++ lib.optional withManpages scdoc;
 
@@ -55,14 +58,19 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   dontConfigure = true;
 
-  zigBuildFlags = lib.optional withManpages "-Dman-pages"
-                  ++ lib.optional xwaylandSupport "-Dxwayland";
+  zigBuildFlags = [
+    "--system"
+    "${finalAttrs.deps}"
+  ] ++ lib.optional withManpages "-Dman-pages" ++ lib.optional xwaylandSupport "-Dxwayland";
 
   postInstall = ''
     install contrib/river.desktop -Dt $out/share/wayland-sessions
   '';
 
-  passthru.providedSessions = [ "river" ];
+  passthru = {
+    providedSessions = [ "river" ];
+    updateScript = ./update.nu;
+  };
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://codeberg.org/river/river";
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ri/river/update.nu b/pkgs/by-name/ri/river/update.nu
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..37a8ec6098ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ri/river/update.nu
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
+#!nix-shell -i nu -p nushell common-updater-scripts zon2nix
+
+let latest_tag = list-git-tags --url=https://codeberg.org/river/river | lines | sort --natural | str replace v '' | last
+update-source-version river $latest_tag
+
+http get $"https://codeberg.org/river/river/raw/tag/v($latest_tag)/build.zig.zon" | save build.zig.zon
+zon2nix > pkgs/by-name/ri/river/build.zig.zon.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e930b2c73972..b330f35fd78f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6132,8 +6132,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   rex = callPackage ../tools/system/rex { };
 
-  river = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/river { };
-
   rivercarro = callPackage ../applications/misc/rivercarro { };
 
   river-luatile = callPackage ../applications/misc/river-luatile{ };