diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/nzbget/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/nzbget/default.nix
index 9141a2932bbb..4e67e81a7de8 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/nzbget/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/nzbget/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 { lib
 , stdenv
-, fetchurl
-, fetchpatch
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, autoreconfHook
 , pkg-config
 , gnutls
 , libgcrypt
 , libpar2
+, libcap
 , libsigcxx
 , libxml2
 , ncurses
@@ -14,31 +15,24 @@
 , nixosTests
 }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "nzbget";
-  version = "21.1";
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "nzbget-ng";
+  version = "21.4-rc2";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/nzbget/nzbget/releases/download/v${version}/nzbget-${version}-src.tar.gz";
-    hash = "sha256-To/BvrgNwq8tajajOjP0Te3d1EhgAsZE9MR5MEMHICU=";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "nzbget-ng";
+    repo = "nzbget";
+    rev = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-JJML5mtAog5xC7DkthCtoyn5QeC2Z+fdzSuEa/Te0Ew=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    # openssl 3 compatibility
-    # https://github.com/nzbget/nzbget/pull/793
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "daemon-connect-dont-use-fips-mode-set-with-openssl-3.patch";
-      url = "https://github.com/nzbget/nzbget/commit/f76e8555504e3af4cf8dd4a8c8e374b3ca025099.patch";
-      hash = "sha256-39lvnhBK4126TYsRbJOUxsV9s9Hjuviw7CH/wWn/VkM=";
-    })
-  ];
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkg-config ];
 
   buildInputs = [
     gnutls
     libgcrypt
     libpar2
+    libcap
     libsigcxx
     libxml2
     ncurses
@@ -46,15 +40,20 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     zlib
   ];
 
+  prePatch = ''
+    sed -i 's/AC_INIT.*/AC_INIT( nzbget, m4_esyscmd_s( echo ${finalAttrs.version} ) )/' configure.ac
+  '';
+
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   passthru.tests = { inherit (nixosTests) nzbget; };
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://nzbget.net";
+    homepage = "https://nzbget-ng.github.io/";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/nzbget-ng/nzbget/releases/tag/v${finalAttrs.version}";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     description = "A command line tool for downloading files from news servers";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ pSub ];
     platforms = with platforms; unix;
   };
-}
+})