diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/krita/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/krita/default.nix
index c9fdbd255d46..507cee548e09 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/krita/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/krita/default.nix
@@ -5,27 +5,27 @@
 , boost, libraw, fftw, eigen, exiv2, libheif, lcms2, gsl, openexr, giflib
 , openjpeg, opencolorio, vc, poppler, curl, ilmbase
 , qtmultimedia, qtx11extras
-, python3
+, python3Packages
 }:
 
 let
 
 major = "4.1";
-minor = "7";
-patch = "101";
+minor = "8";
+patch = null;
 
 in
 
 mkDerivation rec {
   name = "krita-${version}";
-  version = "${major}.${minor}.${patch}";
+  version = "${major}.${minor}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://download.kde.org/stable/krita/${major}.${minor}/${name}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0pvghb17vj3y19wa1n1zfg3yl5206ir3y45znrgdgdw076m5pjav";
+    sha256 = "0h2rplc76r82b8smk61zci1ijj9xkjmf20pdqa8fc2lz4zicjxh4";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake extra-cmake-modules ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake extra-cmake-modules python3Packages.sip ];
 
   buildInputs = [
     karchive kconfig kwidgetsaddons kcompletion kcoreaddons kguiaddons
@@ -33,11 +33,17 @@ mkDerivation rec {
     boost libraw fftw eigen exiv2 lcms2 gsl openexr libheif giflib
     openjpeg opencolorio poppler curl ilmbase
     qtmultimedia qtx11extras
-    python3
+    python3Packages.pyqt5
   ] ++ lib.optional (stdenv.hostPlatform.isi686 || stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86_64) vc;
 
   NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = [ "-I${ilmbase.dev}/include/OpenEXR" ];
 
+  cmakeFlags = [
+    "-DPYQT5_SIP_DIR=${python3Packages.pyqt5}/share/sip/PyQt5"
+    "-DPYQT_SIP_DIR_OVERRIDE=${python3Packages.pyqt5}/share/sip/PyQt5"
+    "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo"
+  ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A free and open source painting application";
     homepage = https://krita.org/;