diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/newsflash/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/newsflash/default.nix
index e8a76b3d491..2223b8f5492 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/newsflash/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/newsflash/default.nix
@@ -19,23 +19,27 @@
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   pname = "newsflash";
-  version = "1.1.1";
+  version = "1.2.2";
 
   src = fetchFromGitLab {
     owner = "news-flash";
     repo = "news_flash_gtk";
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "1z47h23g87dqmr9sfjl36fs5xjm2wj7z2bri9g0a4jcpwzl5awsd";
+    hash = "sha256-TeheK14COX1NIrql74eI8Wx4jtpUP1eO5mugT5LzlPY=";
   };
 
-  cargoSha256 = "0rnrdh9ganj63hf9j890yj9pahcgza95z7x020w72mbb4648hq26";
+  cargoHash = "sha256-Fbj4sabrwpfa0QNEN4l91y/6AuPIKu7QPzYNUO6RtU0=";
 
   patches = [
+    # Post install tries to generate an icon cache & update the
+    # desktop database. The gtk setup hook drop-icon-theme-cache.sh
+    # would strip out the icon cache and the desktop database wouldn't
+    # be included in $out. They will generated by xdg.mime.enable &
+    # gtk.iconCache.enable instead.
     ./no-post-install.patch
   ];
 
   postPatch = ''
-    chmod +x build-aux/cargo.sh
     patchShebangs .
   '';