diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/fedifetcher/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/fedifetcher/default.nix
index a15b2c516edf..4eac63989761 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/fedifetcher/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/fedifetcher/default.nix
@@ -1,21 +1,22 @@
-{ lib, fetchFromGitHub, python3 }:
+{ lib, fetchFromGitHub, python3, stdenv }:
 
 python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "fedifetcher";
-  version = "7.1.7";
+  version = "7.1.12";
   format = "other";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "nanos";
     repo = "FediFetcher";
     rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-1QLVhqyH0wb8om2pFJfmgJcYp9DTuT5KZpLy5InlRr8=";
+    hash = "sha256-DWex4pZV9ZVR1bqYcOpTe74ZQCQCQQxjWrv0QgtRY40=";
   };
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = with python3.pkgs; [
     defusedxml
     python-dateutil
     requests
+    xxhash
   ];
 
   installPhase = ''
@@ -26,6 +27,14 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
     runHook postInstall
   '';
 
+  checkPhase = lib.optionalString (stdenv.buildPlatform.canExecute stdenv.hostPlatform) ''
+    runHook preCheck
+
+    $out/bin/fedifetcher --help>/dev/null
+
+    runHook postCheck
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Tool for Mastodon that automatically fetches missing replies and posts from other fediverse instances";
     longDescription = ''
@@ -34,6 +43,7 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
       own Mastodon instance.
     '';
     homepage = "https://blog.thms.uk/fedifetcher";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/nanos/FediFetcher/releases/tag/v${version}";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = teams.c3d2.members;
     mainProgram = "fedifetcher";