diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/vi/vips/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/vi/vips/package.nix
index 71fdca158aa0a..58fd0b0a1607a 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/vi/vips/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/vi/vips/package.nix
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 
   # Native build inputs
   docbook-xsl-nons,
+  gi-docgen,
   gobject-introspection,
-  gtk-doc,
   meson,
   ninja,
   pkg-config,
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "vips";
-  version = "8.16.1";
+  version = "8.17.1";
 
   outputs = [
     "bin"
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     owner = "libvips";
     repo = "libvips";
     tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-F2ymfvqwuCtNtFIOLgXvqRWATSMaeV7EQKYyQalCNfc=";
+    hash = "sha256-Sc2BWdQIgL/dI0zfbEQVCs3+1QBrLE7BsE3uFHe9C/c=";
     # Remove unicode file names which leads to different checksums on HFS+
     # vs. other filesystems because of unicode normalisation.
     postFetch = ''
@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     '';
   };
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    patchShebangs .
+  '';
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     docbook-xsl-nons
     gobject-introspection
@@ -82,7 +86,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     pkg-config
   ]
   ++ lib.optionals (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin && !stdenv.hostPlatform.isFreeBSD) [
-    gtk-doc
+    gi-docgen
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
@@ -128,10 +132,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     (lib.mesonEnable "introspection" withIntrospection)
   ]
   ++ lib.optional (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin && !stdenv.hostPlatform.isFreeBSD) (
-    lib.mesonBool "gtk_doc" true
+    lib.mesonBool "docs" true
   )
   ++ lib.optional (imagemagick == null) (lib.mesonEnable "magick" false);
 
+  postFixup = ''
+    moveToOutput "share/doc" "$devdoc"
+  '';
+
   passthru = {
     tests = {
       pkg-config = testers.hasPkgConfigModules {
@@ -145,17 +153,17 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     updateScript = nix-update-script {
       extraArgs = [
         "--version-regex"
-        "v([0-9.]+)"
+        "^v([0-9.]+)$"
       ];
     };
   };
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  meta = {
     changelog = "https://github.com/libvips/libvips/blob/${finalAttrs.src.rev}/ChangeLog";
     homepage = "https://www.libvips.org/";
     description = "Image processing system for large images";
-    license = licenses.lgpl2Plus;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [
+    license = lib.licenses.lgpl2Plus;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
       kovirobi
       anthonyroussel
     ];
@@ -163,7 +171,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       "vips"
       "vips-cpp"
     ];
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
     mainProgram = "vips";
   };
 })