diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/apt/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/apt/default.nix
index cbb4ad4591e9..0438e340b212 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/apt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/apt/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchzip, pkgconfig, cmake, perlPackages, curl, gtest, lzma, bzip2, lz4
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, pkgconfig, cmake, perlPackages, curl, gtest
+, gnutls, libtasn1, lzma, bzip2, lz4, zstd, libseccomp, udev
 , db, dpkg, libxslt, docbook_xsl, docbook_xml_dtd_45
 
 # used when WITH_DOC=ON
@@ -15,39 +16,37 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "apt";
+  version = "1.8.4";
 
-  version = "1.4.6";
-
-  src = fetchzip {
-    url = "https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/apt_${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "0ahwhmscrmnpvl1r732wg93dzkhv8c1sph2yrqgsrhr73c1616ix";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://debian/pool/main/a/apt/apt_${version}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "0gn4srqaaym85gc8nldqkv01477kdwr136an2nlpbdrsbx3y83zl";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig cmake gtest libxslt.bin ];
 
   buildInputs = [
-    cmake perlPackages.perl curl gtest lzma bzip2 lz4 db dpkg libxslt.bin
+    perlPackages.perl curl gnutls libtasn1 lzma bzip2 lz4 zstd libseccomp udev db dpkg
   ] ++ lib.optionals withDocs [
     doxygen perlPackages.Po4a w3m docbook_xml_dtd_45
   ] ++ lib.optionals withNLS [
     gettext
   ];
 
-  preConfigure = ''
-    cmakeFlagsArray+=(
-      -DBERKELEY_DB_INCLUDE_DIRS=${db.dev}/include
-      -DDOCBOOK_XSL="${docbook_xsl}"/share/xml/docbook-xsl
-      -DROOT_GROUP=root
-      -DWITH_DOC=${if withDocs then "ON" else "OFF"}
-      -DUSE_NLS=${if withNLS then "ON" else "OFF"}
-    )
-  '';
+  cmakeFlags = [
+    "-DBERKELEY_DB_INCLUDE_DIRS=${db.dev}/include"
+    "-DGNUTLS_INCLUDE_DIR=${gnutls.dev}/include"
+    "-DDOCBOOK_XSL=${docbook_xsl}/share/xml/docbook-xsl"
+    "-DROOT_GROUP=root"
+    "-DWITH_DOC=${if withDocs then "ON" else "OFF"}"
+    "-DUSE_NLS=${if withNLS then "ON" else "OFF"}"
+  ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "";
-    homepage = https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt;
+    description = "Command-line package management tools used on Debian-based systems";
+    homepage = https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/apt;
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ cstrahan ];