diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/girara/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/girara/default.nix
index 56354f205f24..20c7b060a78e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/girara/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/girara/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   lib,
   stdenv,
-  fetchFromGitLab,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
   meson,
   ninja,
   pkg-config,
@@ -19,19 +19,18 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "girara";
-  version = "0.4.3";
+  version = "0.4.5";
 
   outputs = [
     "out"
     "dev"
   ];
 
-  src = fetchFromGitLab {
-    domain = "git.pwmt.org";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "pwmt";
     repo = "girara";
-    rev = version;
-    hash = "sha256-/bJXdLXksTxUFC3w7zuBZY6Zh7tJxUJVbS87ENDQbDE=";
+    tag = version;
+    hash = "sha256-XjRmGgljlkvxwcbPmA9ZFAPAjbClSQDdmQU/GFeLLxI=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -79,15 +78,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     inherit zathura;
   };
 
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://git.pwmt.org/pwmt/girara";
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://pwmt.org/projects/girara";
     description = "User interface library";
     longDescription = ''
       girara is a library that implements a GTK based VIM-like user interface
       that focuses on simplicity and minimalism.
     '';
-    license = licenses.zlib;
-    platforms = platforms.linux ++ platforms.darwin;
+    license = lib.licenses.zlib;
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux ++ lib.platforms.darwin;
     maintainers = [ ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/core/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/core/default.nix
index 7aa63a9b6dde..b23e88761577 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/core/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/core/default.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 {
   lib,
   stdenv,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  fetchpatch,
+  fetchurl,
   meson,
   ninja,
   wrapGAppsHook3,
@@ -33,24 +32,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "zathura";
-  version = "0.5.8";
+  version = "0.5.11";
 
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "pwmt";
-    repo = "zathura";
-    rev = finalAttrs.version;
-    hash = "sha256-k6DEJpUA3s0mGxE38aYnX7uea98LrzevJhWW1abHo/c=";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://pwmt.org/projects/zathura/download/zathura-${finalAttrs.version}.tar.xz";
+    hash = "sha256-VEWKmZivD7j67y6TSoESe75LeQyG3NLIuPMjZfPRtTw=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    # https://github.com/pwmt/zathura/issues/664
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "fix-build-on-macos.patch";
-      url = "https://github.com/pwmt/zathura/commit/53f151f775091abec55ccc4b63893a8f9a668588.patch";
-      hash = "sha256-d8lRdlBN1Kfw/aTjz8x0gvTKy+SqSYWHLQCjV7hF5MI=";
-    })
-  ];
-
   outputs = [
     "bin"
     "man"
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/wrapper.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/wrapper.nix
index 282034cc6b38..6f5d5bcee4e1 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/wrapper.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/wrapper.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
     zathura_cb
     (if useMupdf then zathura_pdf_mupdf else zathura_pdf_poppler)
   ],
+  stdenv,
 }:
 symlinkJoin {
   inherit (zathura_core) version;
@@ -36,7 +37,12 @@ symlinkJoin {
     let
       fishCompletion = "share/fish/vendor_completions.d/zathura.fish";
     in
-    ''
+    (lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux ''
+      makeWrapper ${zathura_core.bin}/bin/zathura-sandbox $out/bin/zathura-sandbox \
+        --prefix PATH ":" "${lib.makeBinPath [ file ]}" \
+        --prefix ZATHURA_PLUGINS_PATH : "$out/lib/zathura"
+    '')
+    + ''
       makeWrapper ${zathura_core.bin}/bin/zathura $out/bin/zathura \
         --prefix PATH ":" "${lib.makeBinPath [ file ]}" \
         --prefix ZATHURA_PLUGINS_PATH : "$out/lib/zathura"
@@ -46,11 +52,11 @@ symlinkJoin {
       # so we need to fix the path to reference $out instead.
       rm "$out/${fishCompletion}"
       substitute "${zathura_core.out}/${fishCompletion}" "$out/${fishCompletion}" \
-        --replace "${zathura_core.out}" "$out"
+        --replace-fail "${zathura_core.out}" "$out"
     '';
 
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://pwmt.org/projects/zathura/";
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://pwmt.org/projects/zathura";
     description = "Highly customizable and functional PDF viewer";
     longDescription = ''
       Zathura is a highly customizable and functional PDF viewer based on the
@@ -58,9 +64,9 @@ symlinkJoin {
       is an application that provides a minimalistic and space saving interface
       as well as an easy usage that mainly focuses on keyboard interaction.
     '';
-    license = licenses.zlib;
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [
+    license = lib.licenses.zlib;
+    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
       smironov
       globin
       TethysSvensson