diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/database/squirrel-sql/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/database/squirrel-sql/default.nix
index 7d4cf6ea5d5e..548268bb762a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/database/squirrel-sql/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/database/squirrel-sql/default.nix
@@ -5,29 +5,34 @@
 , drivers ? []
 }:
 let
-  version = "3.8.1";
+  version = "3.9.0";
 in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "squirrel-sql-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/project/squirrel-sql/1-stable/${version}-plainzip/squirrelsql-${version}-standard.zip";
-    sha256 = "1vv38i4rwm8c8h0p9mmz21dyafd71pqprj7b8i5vx7f4q8xns2d2";
+    sha256 = "0b16l7p7klagxnwkx2az4mbyd35kv4aj8xxbwm27pp3spz9dk8m0";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [
-    jre makeWrapper stdenv unzip
-  ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper unzip ];
+  buildInputs = [ jre ];
 
   unpackPhase = ''
+    runHook preUnpack
     unzip ${src}
+    runHook postUnpack
   '';
 
   buildPhase = ''
+    runHook preBuild
     cd squirrelsql-${version}-standard
     chmod +x squirrel-sql.sh
+    runHook postBuild
   '';
 
   installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+    
     mkdir -p $out/share/squirrel-sql
     cp -r . $out/share/squirrel-sql
 
@@ -47,6 +52,8 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ln -s $out/share/squirrel-sql/icons/acorn.png \
       $out/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/squirrel-sql.png
     ln -s ${desktopItem}/share/applications $out/share
+    
+    runHook postInstall
   '';
 
   desktopItem = makeDesktopItem {
@@ -59,11 +66,11 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     icon = "squirrel-sql";
   };
 
-  meta = {
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Universal SQL Client";
     homepage = http://squirrel-sql.sourceforge.net/;
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.lgpl21;
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ khumba ];
+    license = licenses.lgpl21;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ khumba ];
   };
 }