diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/4.x.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/4.x.nix
index 7a6c7813224b..ac4b0b34794e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/4.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk/4.x.nix
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "gtk4";
-  version = "4.8.1";
+  version = "4.8.2";
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ] ++ lib.optionals x11Support [ "devdoc" ];
   outputBin = "dev";
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnome/sources/gtk/${lib.versions.majorMinor version}/gtk-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "XOjY3piiO9DI7KGmEJThwAm18AncvWC0XpkKjbG3Qv0=";
+    sha256 = "hbehYLbgLq+k59OPBG+HIPq1N9P+c8AchkMzqYOmkqk=";
   };
 
   depsBuildBuild = [
@@ -179,7 +179,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   postPatch = ''
     files=(
-      build-aux/meson/post-install.py
       build-aux/meson/gen-demo-header.py
       demos/gtk-demo/geninclude.py
       gdk/broadway/gen-c-array.py
@@ -191,13 +190,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     chmod +x ''${files[@]}
     patchShebangs ''${files[@]}
 
-  '' +
-  # Run-time dependency gi-docgen found: NO (tried pkgconfig and cmake)
-  # it should be a build-time dep for build
-  # TODO: send upstream
-  ''
-    substituteInPlace meson.build \
-      --replace "'gi-docgen', ver" "'gi-docgen', native:true, ver"
   '';
 
   preInstall = ''