diff --git a/pkgs/servers/search/manticoresearch/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/search/manticoresearch/default.nix
index 442ebe751b2..d7fe93a214b 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/search/manticoresearch/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/search/manticoresearch/default.nix
@@ -11,17 +11,19 @@
 , mariadb-connector-c
 , re2
 , nlohmann_json
+, testers
+, manticoresearch
 }:
 
 let
   columnar = stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     pname = "columnar";
-    version = "c18-s6"; # see NEED_COLUMNAR_API/NEED_SECONDARY_API in Manticore's GetColumnar.cmake
+    version = "c21-s10"; # see NEED_COLUMNAR_API/NEED_SECONDARY_API in Manticore's cmake/GetColumnar.cmake
     src = fetchFromGitHub {
       owner = "manticoresoftware";
       repo = "columnar";
       rev = finalAttrs.version;
-      hash = "sha256-/HGh1Wktb65oXKCjGxMl+8kNwEEfPzGT4UxGoGS4+8c=";
+      hash = "sha256-TGFGFfoyHnPSr2U/9dpqFLUN3Dt2jDQrTF/xxDY4pdE=";
     };
     nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
     cmakeFlags = [ "-DAPI_ONLY=ON" ];
@@ -32,16 +34,33 @@ let
       platforms = lib.platforms.all;
     };
   });
+  uni-algo = stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+    pname = "uni-algo";
+    version = "0.7.2";
+    src = fetchFromGitHub {
+      owner = "manticoresoftware";
+      repo = "uni-algo";
+      rev = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
+      hash = "sha256-+V9w4UJ+3KsyZUYht6OEzms60mBHd8FewVc7f21Z9ww=";
+    };
+    nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+    meta = {
+      description = "Unicode Algorithms Implementation for C/C++";
+      homepage = "https://github.com/manticoresoftware/uni-algo";
+      license = lib.licenses.mit;
+      platforms = lib.platforms.all;
+    };
+  });
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "manticoresearch";
-  version = "6.0.4";
+  version = "6.2.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "manticoresoftware";
     repo = "manticoresearch";
     rev = finalAttrs.version;
-    hash = "sha256-enSK3hlGUtrPVA/qF/AFiDJN8CbaTHCzYadBorZLE+c=";
+    hash = "sha256-KmBIQa5C71Y/1oa3XiPfmb941QDU2rWo7Bl5QlAo+yA=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -58,6 +77,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     libstemmer
     mariadb-connector-c
     nlohmann_json
+    uni-algo
     re2
   ];
 
@@ -66,7 +86,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
     # supply our own packages rather than letting manticore download dependencies during build
     sed -i 's/^with_get/with_menu/' CMakeLists.txt
-    sed -i 's/include(GetNLJSON)/find_package(nlohmann_json)/' CMakeLists.txt
+    sed -i 's/get_dep \( nlohmann_json .* \)/find_package(nlohmann_json)/' CMakeLists.txt
+    sed -i 's/get_dep \( uni-algo .* \)/find_package(uni-algo)/' CMakeLists.txt
   '';
 
   cmakeFlags = [
@@ -76,9 +97,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     "-DMYSQL_LIB=${mariadb-connector-c.out}/lib/mariadb/libmysqlclient.a"
   ];
 
+  passthru.tests.version = testers.testVersion {
+    inherit (finalAttrs) version;
+    package = manticoresearch;
+    command = "searchd --version";
+  };
+
   meta = {
     description = "Easy to use open source fast database for search";
     homepage = "https://manticoresearch.com";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/manticoresoftware/manticoresearch/releases/tag/${finalAttrs.version}";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
     mainProgram = "searchd";
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.jdelStrother ];