diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/xml/jing-trang/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/xml/jing-trang/default.nix
index 542a4709efeb..02f745575adb 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/xml/jing-trang/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/xml/jing-trang/default.nix
@@ -1,20 +1,25 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, jre_headless, jdk, ant, saxon }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "jing-trang";
-  version = "20151127";
+  version = "20181222";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "relaxng";
     repo = "jing-trang";
-    rev = "47a0cbdaec2d48824b78a1c19879ac7875509598"; # needed to compile with jdk8
-    sha256 = "1hhn52z9mv1x9nyvyqnmzg5yrs2lzm9xac7i15izppv02wp32qha";
+    rev = "V${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-Krupa3MGk5UaaQsaNpPMZuIUzHJytDiksz9ysCPkFS4=";
+    fetchSubmodules = true;
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ jdk ant saxon ];
 
   CLASSPATH = "lib/saxon.jar";
 
+  patches = [
+    ./no-git-during-build.patch
+  ];
+
   preBuild = "ant";
 
   installPhase = ''
@@ -32,6 +37,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     chmod +x "$out"/bin/*
   '';
 
+  doCheck = true;
+  checkPhase = "ant test";
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A RELAX NG validator in Java";
     # The homepage is www.thaiopensource.com, but it links to googlecode.com
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/xml/jing-trang/no-git-during-build.patch b/pkgs/tools/text/xml/jing-trang/no-git-during-build.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3fc9b3f6ef53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/xml/jing-trang/no-git-during-build.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+From db0ed6267f1a85f0785c81b8ee396f74795c77c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Thomas Gerbet <thomas@gerbet.me>
+Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2021 10:24:07 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Do not rely on Git during the build
+
+---
+ build.xml | 6 ------
+ build.xsl | 6 ------
+ 2 files changed, 12 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
+index e8ebaed8..2d26c72f 100644
+--- a/build.xml
++++ b/build.xml
+@@ -431,12 +431,6 @@
+ <target name="clean" 
+ 	description="Remove almost all files created during the build process">
+   <delete dir="${build.dir}"/>
+-  <exec executable="git">
+-    <arg value="clean"/>
+-    <arg value="-d"/>
+-    <arg value="--force"/>
+-    <arg value="${doc.dir}"/>
+-  </exec>
+ </target>
+ 
+ <target name="realclean" depends="clean"
+diff --git a/build.xsl b/build.xsl
+index fb9f3fef..fa384a27 100644
+--- a/build.xsl
++++ b/build.xsl
+@@ -23,12 +23,6 @@
+     <target name="dummy"/>
+     <target name="init">
+       <mkdir dir="{$build}"/>
+-      <exec executable="git">
+-        <arg value="submodule"/>
+-        <arg value="update"/>
+-        <arg value="--init"/>
+-        <arg value="--recursive"/>
+-      </exec>
+       <copy todir="{$doc}">
+         <fileset dir="relaxng.org/jclark" includes="**"/>
+       </copy>
+-- 
+2.34.1
+