diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/zimlib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/zimlib/default.nix
index 9f8e357d3ab0..56438f8e1735 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/zimlib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/zimlib/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchzip
 , meson, ninja, pkg-config
 , python3
 , icu
@@ -11,13 +11,19 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "zimlib";
-  version = "6.3.2";
+  version = "7.2.2";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "openzim";
     repo = "libzim";
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "sha256-xlYu74akK9WFy86hcQe7zp11TImwl8llgDIZBRgmbAI=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-AEhhjinnnMA4NbYL7NVHYeRZX/zfNiidbY/VeFjZuQs=";
+  };
+
+  testData = fetchzip rec {
+    passthru.version = "0.4";
+    url = "https://github.com/openzim/zim-testing-suite/releases/download/v${passthru.version}/zim-testing-suite-${passthru.version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "sha256-2eJqmvs/GrvOD/pq8dTubaiO9ZpW2WqTNQByv354Z0w=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -39,6 +45,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     patchShebangs scripts
   '';
 
+  mesonFlags = [  "-Dtest_data_dir=${testData}" ];
+
   checkInputs = [
     gtest
   ];