diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gerbil/gerbil-support.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gerbil/gerbil-support.nix
index 4e94b6e65de..54d0c669029 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gerbil/gerbil-support.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gerbil/gerbil-support.nix
@@ -13,21 +13,26 @@ rec {
 
   # Use this function to create a Gerbil library. See gerbil-utils as an example.
   gerbilPackage = {
-    pname, version, src, meta, package,
-    git-version ? "", version-path ? "config/version.ss",
+    pname, version, src, meta, gerbil-package,
+    git-version ? "", version-path ? "",
     gerbil ? pkgs.gerbil-unstable,
     gambit-params ? pkgs.gambit-support.stable-params,
     gerbilInputs ? [],
     buildInputs ? [],
-    softwareName ? "" } :
+    softwareName ? ""} :
     let buildInputs_ = buildInputs; in
     gccStdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       inherit src meta pname version;
+      passthru = { inherit gerbil-package version-path ;};
       buildInputs = [ gerbil ] ++ gerbilInputs ++ buildInputs_;
       postPatch = ''
         set -e ;
-        if [ -n "${version-path}" ] ; then
-          echo '(import :clan/utils/version)\n(register-software "${softwareName}" "${git-version}")\n' > "${version-path}"
+        if [ -n "${version-path}.ss" ] ; then
+          echo -e '(import :clan/versioning${builtins.concatStringsSep ""
+                     (map (x : if x.passthru.version-path != ""
+                               then " :${x.passthru.gerbil-package}/${x.passthru.version-path}" else "")
+                          gerbilInputs)
+                     })\n(register-software "${softwareName}" "v${git-version}")\n' > "${passthru.version-path}.ss"
         fi
         patchShebangs . ;
       '';
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gerbil/gerbil-utils.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gerbil/gerbil-utils.nix
index 075a63d7bf4..7e1a9bf0557 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gerbil/gerbil-utils.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gerbil/gerbil-utils.nix
@@ -2,17 +2,18 @@
 
 gerbil-support.gerbilPackage {
   pname = "gerbil-utils";
-  version = "unstable-2020-05-17";
-  git-version = "33ef720";
-  package = "clan";
+  version = "unstable-2020-08-02";
+  git-version = "0.2-21-g7e7d053";
+  gerbil-package = "clan";
   gerbil = gerbil-unstable;
   gambit-params = gambit-support.unstable-params;
-  version-path = "";
+  version-path = "version";
+  softwareName = "Gerbil-utils";
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "fare";
     repo = "gerbil-utils";
-    rev = "33ef720799ba98dc9eec773c662f070af4bac016";
-    sha256 = "0dsb97magbxzjqqfzwq4qwf7i80llv0s1dsy9nkzkvkq8drxlmqf";
+    rev = "7e7d053ec5e78cc58d38cb03baf554d83b31b0c6";
+    sha256 = "078vqdcddfavqq0d9pw430iz1562cgx1ck3fw6dpwxjkyc6m4bms";
   };
   meta = {
     description = "Gerbil Clan: Community curated Collection of Common Utilities";