diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/default.nix
index acb05f4ac771..e9d44fae06a0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/default.nix
@@ -1,40 +1,101 @@
-{ fetchurl, lib, stdenv, pkg-config, makeWrapper, meson, ninja, installShellFiles, libxcb, xcbutilkeysyms
-, xcbutil, xcbutilwm, xcbutilxrm, libstartup_notification, libX11, pcre2, libev
-, yajl, xcb-util-cursor, perl, pango, perlPackages, libxkbcommon
-, xorgserver, xvfb-run, xdotool, xorg, which
-, asciidoc, xmlto, docbook_xml_dtd_45, docbook_xsl, findXMLCatalogs
-, nixosTests
+{
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  pkg-config,
+  makeWrapper,
+  meson,
+  ninja,
+  installShellFiles,
+  libxcb,
+  xcbutilkeysyms,
+  xcbutil,
+  xcbutilwm,
+  xcbutilxrm,
+  libstartup_notification,
+  libX11,
+  pcre2,
+  libev,
+  yajl,
+  xcb-util-cursor,
+  perl,
+  pango,
+  perlPackages,
+  libxkbcommon,
+  xorgserver,
+  xvfb-run,
+  xdotool,
+  xorg,
+  which,
+  asciidoc,
+  xmlto,
+  docbook_xml_dtd_45,
+  docbook_xsl,
+  findXMLCatalogs,
+  nixosTests,
+  nix-update-script,
 }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "i3";
-  version = "4.23";
+  version = "4.24";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://i3wm.org/downloads/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "sha256-YQJqcZbJE50POq3ScZfosyDFduOkUOAddMGspIQETEY=";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "i3";
+    repo = "i3";
+    rev = "refs/tags/${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-2tuhfB/SMN+osCBfZtw/yDPhNNEhBH4Qo6dexpqVWYk=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
-    pkg-config makeWrapper meson ninja installShellFiles perl
-    asciidoc xmlto docbook_xml_dtd_45 docbook_xsl findXMLCatalogs
+    pkg-config
+    makeWrapper
+    meson
+    ninja
+    installShellFiles
+    perl
+    asciidoc
+    xmlto
+    docbook_xml_dtd_45
+    docbook_xsl
+    findXMLCatalogs
   ];
 
   mesonFlags = [
-    "-Ddocs=true"
-    "-Dmans=true"
+    (lib.mesonBool "docs" true)
+    (lib.mesonBool "mans" true)
   ];
 
-  buildInputs = [
-    libxcb xcbutilkeysyms xcbutil xcbutilwm xcbutilxrm libxkbcommon
-    libstartup_notification libX11 pcre2 libev yajl xcb-util-cursor perl pango
-    perlPackages.AnyEventI3 perlPackages.X11XCB perlPackages.IPCRun
-    perlPackages.ExtUtilsPkgConfig perlPackages.InlineC
-  ] ++ lib.optionals doCheck [
-    xorgserver xvfb-run xdotool xorg.setxkbmap xorg.xrandr which
-  ];
-
-  configureFlags = [ "--disable-builddir" ];
+  buildInputs =
+    [
+      libxcb
+      xcbutilkeysyms
+      xcbutil
+      xcbutilwm
+      xcbutilxrm
+      libxkbcommon
+      libstartup_notification
+      libX11
+      pcre2
+      libev
+      yajl
+      xcb-util-cursor
+      perl
+      pango
+      perlPackages.AnyEventI3
+      perlPackages.X11XCB
+      perlPackages.IPCRun
+      perlPackages.ExtUtilsPkgConfig
+      perlPackages.InlineC
+    ]
+    ++ lib.optionals finalAttrs.doCheck [
+      xorgserver
+      xvfb-run
+      xdotool
+      xorg.setxkbmap
+      xorg.xrandr
+      which
+    ];
 
   postPatch = ''
     patchShebangs .
@@ -43,7 +104,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     # patchShebangs can't replace a shebang in the middle of a file.
     if [ -f testcases/t/318-i3-dmenu-desktop.t ]; then
       substituteInPlace testcases/t/318-i3-dmenu-desktop.t \
-        --replace-fail "#!/usr/bin/env perl" "#!${perl}/bin/perl"
+        --replace-fail "#!/usr/bin/env perl" "#!${lib.getExe perl}"
     fi
   '';
 
@@ -51,6 +112,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   doCheck = stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux;
 
   checkPhase = ''
+    runHook preCheck
+
     test_failed=
     # "| cat" disables fancy progress reporting which makes the log unreadable.
     ./complete-run.pl -p 1 --keep-xserver-output | cat || test_failed="complete-run.pl returned $?"
@@ -66,6 +129,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       echo "===== End of test log ====="
       false
     fi
+
+    runHook postCheck
   '';
 
   postInstall = ''
@@ -79,16 +144,23 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   separateDebugInfo = true;
 
-  passthru.tests = { inherit (nixosTests) i3wm; };
+  passthru = {
+    updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+    tests = {
+      inherit (nixosTests) i3wm;
+    };
+  };
 
-
-  meta = with lib; {
+  meta = {
     description = "Tiling window manager";
-    homepage    = "https://i3wm.org";
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ modulistic fpletz ];
+    homepage = "https://i3wm.org";
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
+      modulistic
+      fpletz
+    ];
     mainProgram = "i3";
-    license     = licenses.bsd3;
-    platforms   = platforms.all;
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
 
     longDescription = ''
       A tiling window manager primarily targeted at advanced users and
@@ -98,5 +170,4 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       UTF-8 clean.
     '';
   };
-
-}
+})