diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitkraken/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitkraken/default.nix
index 2272e66faf58..73d376396a66 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitkraken/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitkraken/default.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 { stdenv, libXcomposite, libgnome-keyring, makeWrapper, udev, curl, alsaLib
 , libXfixes, atk, gtk3, libXrender, pango, gnome3, cairo, freetype, fontconfig
 , libX11, libXi, libxcb, libXext, libXcursor, glib, libXScrnSaver, libxkbfile, libXtst
-, nss, nspr, cups, fetchurl, expat, gdk-pixbuf, libXdamage, libXrandr, dbus
-, dpkg, makeDesktopItem, openssl, wrapGAppsHook, at-spi2-atk, libuuid
+, nss, nspr, cups, fetchzip, expat, gdk-pixbuf, libXdamage, libXrandr, dbus
+, makeDesktopItem, openssl, wrapGAppsHook, at-spi2-atk, at-spi2-core, libuuid
 , e2fsprogs, krb5
 }:
 
@@ -13,13 +13,16 @@ let
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "gitkraken";
-  version = "6.4.1";
+  version = "6.5.1";
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://release.axocdn.com/linux/GitKraken-v${version}.deb";
-    sha256 = "1w8iwpbr6nwzhhf63fvr7pd66yjx3jgjy4gx5y02qxa3ip5psq5b";
+  src = fetchzip {
+    url = "https://release.axocdn.com/linux/GitKraken-v${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0dwjwismv4rfw58801g2ay51h9qrffcxgbl910frd4i530w0y44p";
   };
 
+  dontBuild = true;
+  dontConfigure = true;
+
   libPath = makeLibraryPath [
     stdenv.cc.cc.lib
     curlWithGnuTls
@@ -54,6 +57,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     libgnome-keyring
     openssl
     at-spi2-atk
+    at-spi2-core
     libuuid
     e2fsprogs
     krb5
@@ -69,27 +73,27 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     comment = "Graphical Git client from Axosoft";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ dpkg makeWrapper wrapGAppsHook ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper wrapGAppsHook ];
   buildInputs = [ gtk3 gnome3.adwaita-icon-theme ];
 
-  unpackCmd = ''
-    mkdir out
-    dpkg -x $curSrc out
-  '';
-
   installPhase = ''
     runHook preInstall
-    mkdir $out
-    pushd usr
-    pushd share
-    substituteInPlace applications/gitkraken.desktop \
-      --replace /usr/share/gitkraken $out/bin
-    popd
-    rm -rf bin/gitkraken share/lintian
-    cp -av share bin $out/
-    popd
 
+    mkdir -p $out/share/gitkraken/
+    cp -R $src/* $out/share/gitkraken/
+
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
     ln -s $out/share/gitkraken/gitkraken $out/bin/gitkraken
+
+    mkdir -p $out/share/applications
+    cp ${desktopItem}/share/applications/* $out/share/applications/
+
+    substituteInPlace $out/share/applications/gitkraken.desktop \
+      --replace $out/usr/share/gitkraken $out/bin
+
+    mkdir -p $out/share/pixmaps
+    cp gitkraken.png $out/share/pixmaps/gitkraken.png
+
     runHook postInstall
   '';