diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/whalebird/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/whalebird/default.nix
index 472f7ad42a50..36868690d81d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/whalebird/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/whalebird/default.nix
@@ -1,22 +1,24 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, autoPatchelfHook, makeDesktopItem, copyDesktopItems, makeWrapper, electron
-, nodePackages, alsa-lib, gtk3, libdbusmenu, libxshmfence, mesa, nss }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl
+, autoPatchelfHook, makeDesktopItem, copyDesktopItems, makeWrapper, gnugrep, nodePackages
+, electron, python3, alsa-lib, gtk3, libdbusmenu, libxshmfence, mesa, nss
+}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "whalebird";
-  version = "4.7.4";
+  version = "5.0.7";
 
   src = let
-    downloads = "https://github.com/h3poteto/whalebird-desktop/releases/download/${version}";
+    downloads = "https://github.com/h3poteto/whalebird-desktop/releases/download/v${version}";
   in
     if stdenv.system == "x86_64-linux" then
       fetchurl {
         url = downloads + "/Whalebird-${version}-linux-x64.tar.bz2";
-        sha256 = "sha256-jRtlnKlrh6If9wy3FqVBtctQO3rZJRwceUWAPmieT4A=";
+        hash = "sha256-eufP038REwF2VwAxxI8R0S3fE8oJ+SX/CES5ozuut2w=";
       }
     else if stdenv.system == "aarch64-linux" then
       fetchurl {
         url = downloads + "/Whalebird-${version}-linux-arm64.tar.bz2";
-        sha256 = "sha256-gWCBH2zfhJdJ3XUAxvZ0+gBHye5uYCUgX1BDEoaruxY=";
+        hash = "sha256-U0xVTUUm6wsRxYc1w4vfNtVE6o8dNzXTSi+IX4mgDEE=";
       }
     else
       throw "Whalebird is not supported for ${stdenv.system}";
@@ -25,6 +27,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     autoPatchelfHook
     makeWrapper
     copyDesktopItems
+    gnugrep
     nodePackages.asar
   ];
 
@@ -52,9 +55,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     runHook preBuild
 
     # Necessary steps to find the tray icon
+    # For aarch64-linux, we need to overwrite this symlink first as it points to
+    # /usr/bin/python3
+    if [ "${stdenv.system}" = "aarch64-linux" ]
+    then ln -sf ${python3}/bin/python3 \
+      opt/Whalebird/resources/app.asar.unpacked/node_modules/better-sqlite3/build/node_gyp_bins/python3
+    fi
     asar extract opt/Whalebird/resources/app.asar "$TMP/work"
-    substituteInPlace $TMP/work/dist/electron/main.js \
-      --replace "qt,\"tray_icon.png\"" "\"$out/opt/Whalebird/resources/build/icons/tray_icon.png\""
+    substituteInPlace "$TMP/work/dist/electron/main.js" \
+      --replace "$(grep -oE '.{2},"tray_icon.png"' "$TMP/work/dist/electron/main.js")" \
+        "\"$out/opt/Whalebird/resources/build/icons/tray_icon.png\""
     asar pack --unpack='{*.node,*.ftz,rect-overlay}' "$TMP/work" opt/Whalebird/resources/app.asar
 
     runHook postBuild
@@ -83,8 +93,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     description = "Electron based Mastodon, Pleroma and Misskey client for Windows, Mac and Linux";
     homepage = "https://whalebird.social";
     sourceProvenance = with sourceTypes; [ binaryNativeCode ];
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ wolfangaukang colinsane ];
+    license = licenses.gpl3Only;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ wolfangaukang colinsane weathercold ];
     platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" "aarch64-linux" ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index bbd930189032..28dc8228e491 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -35360,7 +35360,7 @@ with pkgs;
   wgnord = callPackage ../applications/networking/wgnord/default.nix { };
 
   whalebird = callPackage ../applications/misc/whalebird {
-    electron = electron_19;
+    electron = electron_21;
   };
 
   windowlab = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/windowlab { };