diff --git a/build/pkgs/gap_packages/patches/digraphs-planarity-4.x.patch b/build/pkgs/gap_packages/patches/digraphs-planarity-4.x.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..11a65bb1388
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/pkgs/gap_packages/patches/digraphs-planarity-4.x.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+--- a/pkg/digraphs/src/planar.c
++++ b/pkg/digraphs/src/planar.c
+@@ -38,10 +38,7 @@
+ #include "c/graphK33Search.h"
+ #include "c/graphK4Search.h"
+ #else
+-#include "planarity/graph.h"
+-#include "planarity/graphK23Search.h"
+-#include "planarity/graphK33Search.h"
+-#include "planarity/graphK4Search.h"
++#include "planarity/graphLib.h"
+ #endif
+ #if defined(__clang__)
+ #pragma clang diagnostic pop
diff --git a/build/pkgs/planarity/checksums.ini b/build/pkgs/planarity/checksums.ini
index 3caec0cca3f..0b4764743ed 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/planarity/checksums.ini
+++ b/build/pkgs/planarity/checksums.ini
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 tarball=planarity-VERSION.tar.gz
-sha1=8407bccf33c07bf0dae22d79b5e6ac7d89c62ea3
-sha256=63e979d37e7160e4e72a286a8dd7ba74e4795f63742f417c8ba1cea2b2a51280
-upstream_url=https://github.com/sagemath/sage-package/releases/download/tars/planarity-VERSION.tar.gz
+sha1=85574b846db77a2258d5ab5279464184990cb21e
+sha256=df3c86c32fd37b801079aea7de67675efdef12ada557cbcaae821e81b8db438d
+upstream_url=https://github.com/graph-algorithms/edge-addition-planarity-suite/releases/download/Version_VERSION/planarity-VERSION.tar.gz
+
diff --git a/build/pkgs/planarity/package-version.txt b/build/pkgs/planarity/package-version.txt
index 9a2596b9e46..fd5e525d9b0 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/planarity/package-version.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/planarity/package-version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.0.1.0
+4.0.0.0
diff --git a/build/pkgs/planarity/spkg-configure.m4 b/build/pkgs/planarity/spkg-configure.m4
index 355332a72e7..4b0584422c9 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/planarity/spkg-configure.m4
+++ b/build/pkgs/planarity/spkg-configure.m4
@@ -1,20 +1,8 @@
 SAGE_SPKG_CONFIGURE([planarity], [
      AC_LANG_PUSH([C])
-     AC_CHECK_HEADER([planarity/graph.h], [
-        AC_CHECK_LIB([planarity], [gp_InitGraph], [
-         AC_MSG_CHECKING([for planarity version 3.0 or later])
-         AC_COMPILE_IFELSE(
-          [AC_LANG_PROGRAM(
-            [[#include <planarity/graphStructures.h>]],
-            [[vertexRec v;]
-             [v.link[0]=1;]])
-          ], [
-           AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
-          ], [
-           AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
-           sage_spkg_install_planarity=yes
-        ])
-       ], [sage_spkg_install_planarity=yes])
-        ], [sage_spkg_install_planarity=yes])
+     AC_CHECK_LIB([planarity], [gp_InitGraph], [
+       AC_CHECK_HEADERS([planarity/graphLib.h planarity/graph.h], [
+       ], [sage_spkg_install_planarity=yes])dnl have not found planarity 3.* or newer headers
+     ], [sage_spkg_install_planarity=yes])dnl have not found planarity dylib
      AC_LANG_POP()
 ])