diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-repo/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-repo/default.nix
index cd6d9b0fd51c..7b29e466160b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-repo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-repo/default.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, makeWrapper
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, makeWrapper, nix-update-script
 , python3, git, gnupg, less
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "git-repo";
-  version = "2.14.5";
+  version = "2.15.3";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "android";
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-3FSkWpHda1jVhy/633B+ippWcbKd83IlQcJYS9Qx5wQ=";
   };
 
-  patches = [ ./import-ssl-module.patch ];
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
   buildInputs = [ python3 ];
 
@@ -25,8 +23,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
     mkdir -p $out/bin
     cp repo $out/bin/repo
+
+    runHook postInstall
   '';
 
   # Important runtime dependencies
@@ -35,6 +37,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       "${lib.makeBinPath [ git gnupg less ]}"
   '';
 
+  passthru = {
+    updateScript = nix-update-script {
+      attrPath = "gitRepo";
+    };
+  };
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Android's repo management tool";
     longDescription = ''
@@ -45,7 +53,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     '';
     homepage = "https://android.googlesource.com/tools/repo";
     license = licenses.asl20;
-    maintainers = [ ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ otavio ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-repo/import-ssl-module.patch b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-repo/import-ssl-module.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f1ec4e3a7ddb..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-repo/import-ssl-module.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/repo b/repo
-index 8b05def..f394b3e 100755
---- a/repo
-+++ b/repo
-@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@ import optparse
- import re
- import shutil
- import stat
-+import ssl
- 
- if sys.version_info[0] == 3:
-   import urllib.request