diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ea/earlybird/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ea/earlybird/package.nix
index d9b50c704da9..d9a0d8cf3769 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ea/earlybird/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ea/earlybird/package.nix
@@ -2,32 +2,61 @@
   lib,
   buildGoModule,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  gitMinimal,
+  poppler-utils,
+  wv,
+  unrtf,
+  html-tidy,
+  makeWrapper,
+  # TODO add justext when github.com/JalfResi/justext becomes available
+  # justext
 }:
 
 buildGoModule (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "earlybird";
-  version = "4.0.0";
+  version = "4.6.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "americanexpress";
     repo = "earlybird";
-    rev = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-guSm/ha4ICaOcoynvAwFeojE6ikaCykMcdfskD/ehTw=";
+    tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-P8kA9MJA+2jtVOYLBu0oG9xTUTGCtiX4R+4ecmXDAAw=";
   };
 
-  vendorHash = "sha256-39jXqCXAwg/C+9gEXiS1X58OD61nMNQifnhgVGEF6ck=";
+  vendorHash = "sha256-pQ8gSDHsdDT/cgvRB0OSqnMZz2W5vAzFBzph0xksC2o=";
 
   ldflags = [
     "-s"
     "-w"
   ];
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    makeWrapper
+    gitMinimal
+  ];
+
+  checkFlags = [
+    "--skip=Test_parseGitFiles"
+  ];
+
+  postFixup = ''
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/earlybird \
+      --prefix PATH : ${
+        lib.makeBinPath [
+          poppler-utils
+          wv
+          unrtf
+          html-tidy
+        ]
+      }
+  '';
+
   meta = {
     description = "Sensitive data detection tool capable of scanning source code repositories for passwords, key files, and more";
     mainProgram = "earlybird";
     homepage = "https://github.com/americanexpress/earlybird";
     changelog = "https://github.com/americanexpress/earlybird/releases/tag/v${finalAttrs.version}";
     license = lib.licenses.asl20;
-    maintainers = [ ];
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ tbutter ];
   };
 })