diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/op/opentabletdriver/deps.json b/pkgs/by-name/op/opentabletdriver/deps.json
index 89827461a22fe..3a9322d5d7fba 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/op/opentabletdriver/deps.json
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/op/opentabletdriver/deps.json
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@
     "version": "3.0.2",
     "hash": "sha256-b8LCEIZCLJdYcJXQqI3TGDmkLrmLhz84eoTq+qP5xvU="
   },
+  {
+    "pname": "DiffPlex",
+    "version": "1.7.2",
+    "hash": "sha256-Vsn81duAmPIPkR40h5bEz7hgtF5Kt5nAAGhQZrQbqxE="
+  },
   {
     "pname": "Eto.Forms",
     "version": "2.5.10",
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/op/opentabletdriver/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/op/opentabletdriver/package.nix
index 7293028faa14d..fcb0461de3070 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/op/opentabletdriver/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/op/opentabletdriver/package.nix
@@ -16,23 +16,21 @@
   nixosTests,
   udev,
   wrapGAppsHook3,
+  versionCheckHook,
 }:
 
-buildDotnetModule rec {
+buildDotnetModule (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "OpenTabletDriver";
-  version = "0.6.4.0-unstable-2024-11-25";
+  version = "0.6.5.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "OpenTabletDriver";
     repo = "OpenTabletDriver";
-    rev = "8b88b8bdc5144391f10eb61ee77803ba0ee83718"; # 0.6.x branch
-    hash = "sha256-5JKkSqV9owkHgWXfjiyv5QRh86apDCPzpA6qha1i4D4=";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-ILnwHfcV/tW59TLDpAeDwJK708IQfMFBOYuqRtED0kw=";
   };
 
-  dotnetInstallFlags = [ "--framework=net8.0" ];
-
   dotnet-sdk = dotnetCorePackages.sdk_8_0;
-  dotnet-runtime = dotnetCorePackages.runtime_8_0;
 
   projectFile = [
     "OpenTabletDriver.Console"
@@ -64,23 +62,20 @@ buildDotnetModule rec {
     udev
   ];
 
-  buildInputs = runtimeDeps;
+  buildInputs = finalAttrs.runtimeDeps;
 
   doCheck = true;
   testProjectFile = "OpenTabletDriver.Tests/OpenTabletDriver.Tests.csproj";
 
   disabledTests = [
-    # Require networking
-    "OpenTabletDriver.Tests.PluginRepositoryTest.ExpandRepositoryTarballFork"
-    "OpenTabletDriver.Tests.PluginRepositoryTest.ExpandRepositoryTarball"
     # Require networking & unused in Linux build
-    "OpenTabletDriver.Tests.UpdaterTests.UpdaterBase_ProperlyChecks_Version_Async"
-    "OpenTabletDriver.Tests.UpdaterTests.Updater_PreventsUpdate_WhenAlreadyUpToDate_Async"
-    "OpenTabletDriver.Tests.UpdaterTests.Updater_AllowsReupdate_WhenInstallFailed_Async"
-    "OpenTabletDriver.Tests.UpdaterTests.Updater_HasUpdateReturnsFalse_During_UpdateInstall_Async"
-    "OpenTabletDriver.Tests.UpdaterTests.Updater_HasUpdateReturnsFalse_After_UpdateInstall_Async"
-    "OpenTabletDriver.Tests.UpdaterTests.Updater_Prevents_ConcurrentAndConsecutive_Updates_Async"
-    "OpenTabletDriver.Tests.UpdaterTests.Updater_ProperlyBackups_BinAndAppDataDirectory_Async"
+    "OpenTabletDriver.Tests.UpdaterTests.CheckForUpdates_Returns_Update_When_Available"
+    "OpenTabletDriver.Tests.UpdaterTests.Install_Throws_UpdateAlreadyInstalledException_When_AlreadyInstalled"
+    "OpenTabletDriver.Tests.UpdaterTests.Install_DoesNotThrow_UpdateAlreadyInstalledException_When_PreviousInstallFailed"
+    "OpenTabletDriver.Tests.UpdaterTests.Install_Throws_UpdateInProgressException_When_AnotherUpdate_Is_InProgress"
+    "OpenTabletDriver.Tests.UpdaterTests.Install_Moves_UpdatedBinaries_To_BinDirectory"
+    "OpenTabletDriver.Tests.UpdaterTests.Install_Moves_Only_ToBeUpdated_Binaries"
+    "OpenTabletDriver.Tests.UpdaterTests.Install_Copies_AppDataFiles"
     # Intended only to be run in continuous integration, unnecessary for functionality
     "OpenTabletDriver.Tests.ConfigurationTest.Configurations_DeviceIdentifier_IsNotConflicting"
     # Depends on processor load
@@ -120,6 +115,12 @@ buildDotnetModule rec {
     })
   ];
 
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [
+    versionCheckHook
+  ];
+  versionCheckProgram = "${placeholder "out"}/bin/otd-daemon";
+
   passthru = {
     updateScript = ./update.sh;
     tests = {
@@ -128,9 +129,11 @@ buildDotnetModule rec {
   };
 
   meta = {
+    changelog = "https://github.com/OpenTabletDriver/OpenTabletDriver/releases/tag/v${finalAttrs.version}";
     description = "Open source, cross-platform, user-mode tablet driver";
     homepage = "https://github.com/OpenTabletDriver/OpenTabletDriver";
     license = lib.licenses.lgpl3Plus;
+    mainProgram = "otd";
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
       gepbird
       thiagokokada
@@ -139,6 +142,5 @@ buildDotnetModule rec {
       "x86_64-linux"
       "aarch64-linux"
     ];
-    mainProgram = "otd";
   };
-}
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/op/opentabletdriver/update.sh b/pkgs/by-name/op/opentabletdriver/update.sh
index 24f6ec1ffbc4f..61eac4b8b5da4 100755
--- a/pkgs/by-name/op/opentabletdriver/update.sh
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/op/opentabletdriver/update.sh
@@ -1,23 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
-#!nix-shell -I nixpkgs=./. -i bash -p curl gnused jq common-updater-scripts nixfmt-rfc-style
-set -eo pipefail
+#!nix-shell --pure -i bash -p bash nix nix-update git cacert
+set -euo pipefail
 
-verlte() {
-    printf '%s\n' "$1" "$2" | sort -C -V
-}
-
-new_version="$(curl ${GITHUB_TOKEN:+" -u \":$GITHUB_TOKEN\""} -s "https://api.github.com/repos/OpenTabletDriver/OpenTabletDriver/releases" |
-    jq -r  'map(select(.prerelease == false)) | .[0].tag_name' |
-    cut -c2-)"
-old_version="$(nix --extra-experimental-features 'nix-command' eval --file default.nix opentabletdriver.version --raw)"
-
-if verlte "$new_version" "$old_version"; then
-  echo "Already up to date!"
-  [[ "${1}" != "--force" ]] && exit 0
-fi
-
-update-source-version opentabletdriver "$new_version"
-eval "$(nix-build -A opentabletdriver.fetch-deps --no-out-link)"
-
-cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"
-nixfmt deps.nix
+prev_version=$(nix eval --raw -f. opentabletdriver.version)
+nix-update opentabletdriver
+[[ $(nix eval --raw -f. opentabletdriver.version) == "$prev_version" ]] ||
+  "$(nix-build . -A opentabletdriver.fetch-deps --no-out-link)"