diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/schismtracker/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/schismtracker/default.nix
index 6147973f1493..e6044f10a341 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/schismtracker/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/schismtracker/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , autoreconfHook
 , alsa-lib
-, python3
+, perl
+, pkg-config
 , SDL2
 , libXext
 , Cocoa
@@ -11,19 +12,27 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "schismtracker";
-  version = "20240328";
+  version = "20240809";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = pname;
     repo = pname;
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "sha256-hoP/14lbqsuQ37oJDErPoQWWk04UshImmApCFrf5wno=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-J4al7XU+vvehDnp2fRrVesWyUN4i63g5btUkjarpXbk=";
   };
 
+  # If we let it try to get the version from git, it will fail and fall back
+  # on running `date`, which will output the epoch, which is considered invalid
+  # in this assert: https://github.com/schismtracker/schismtracker/blob/a106b57e0f809b95d9e8bcf5a3975d27e0681b5a/schism/version.c#L112
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace configure.ac \
+      --replace-fail 'git log' 'echo ${version} #'
+  '';
+
   configureFlags = [ "--enable-dependency-tracking" ]
     ++ lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin "--disable-sdltest";
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook python3 ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook perl pkg-config ];
 
   buildInputs = [ SDL2 ]
     ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux [ alsa-lib libXext ]