diff --git a/srcpkgs/kiwix-tools/patches/01-meson.patch b/srcpkgs/kiwix-tools/patches/01-meson.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a44ed2b45c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/kiwix-tools/patches/01-meson.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+From ce3c3bd153cc7611ee4f107e8589d3e7b7816a65 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Emmanuel Engelhart <kelson@kiwix.org>
+Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2024 19:01:25 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Better check libzim and libkiwix deps
+
+---
+ meson.build | 10 ++++------
+ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
+index 8b6c1ec4..53a477c5 100644
+--- a/meson.build
++++ b/meson.build
+@@ -16,10 +16,8 @@
+ endif
+ 
+ thread_dep = dependency('threads')
+-libzim_dep = dependency('libzim', version:'>=9.0.0', static:static_linkage)
+-libzim_dep = dependency('libzim', version:'<10.0.0', static:static_linkage)
+-kiwixlib_dep = dependency('kiwix', version:'>=13.0.0', static:static_linkage)
+-kiwixlib_dep = dependency('kiwix', version:'<14.0.0', static:static_linkage)
++libzim_dep = dependency('libzim', version:['>=9.0.0', '<10.0.0'], static:static_linkage)
++kiwixlib_dep = dependency('kiwix', version:['>=14.0.0', '<15.0.0'], static:static_linkage)
+ 
+ all_deps = [thread_dep, kiwixlib_dep, libzim_dep]
+ 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/kiwix-tools/patches/02-meson.patch b/srcpkgs/kiwix-tools/patches/02-meson.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..162c0993228
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/kiwix-tools/patches/02-meson.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+From 3599e8476d11127fe49fe696fc6e2b05e7687d12 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Veloman Yunkan <veloman.yunkan@gmail.com>
+Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2024 17:50:20 +0400
+Subject: [PATCH] libkiwix now identifies itself as libkiwix
+
+---
+ meson.build | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
+index 53a477c5..8b1454d7 100644
+--- a/meson.build
++++ b/meson.build
+@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ endif
+ 
+ thread_dep = dependency('threads')
+ libzim_dep = dependency('libzim', version:['>=9.0.0', '<10.0.0'], static:static_linkage)
+-kiwixlib_dep = dependency('kiwix', version:['>=14.0.0', '<15.0.0'], static:static_linkage)
++kiwixlib_dep = dependency('libkiwix', version:['>=14.0.0', '<15.0.0'], static:static_linkage)
+ 
+ all_deps = [thread_dep, kiwixlib_dep, libzim_dep]
diff --git a/srcpkgs/kiwix-tools/patches/addr.patch b/srcpkgs/kiwix-tools/patches/addr.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5ef27af332b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/kiwix-tools/patches/addr.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- kiwix-tools-3.7.0/src/server/kiwix-serve.cpp	2024-03-13 15:17:32.000000000 +0100
++++ -	2025-03-15 23:48:03.235468369 +0100
+@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@
+     exit(1);
+   }
+ 
+-  std::string url = "http://" + server.getAddress() + ":" + std::to_string(server.getPort()) + normalizeRootUrl(rootLocation);
++  std::string url = "http://" + server.getAddress().addr + ":" + std::to_string(server.getPort()) + normalizeRootUrl(rootLocation);
+   std::cout << "The Kiwix server is running and can be accessed in the local network at: "
+             << url << std::endl;
+ 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/kiwix-tools/template b/srcpkgs/kiwix-tools/template
index c16b5a67ac9..1e775d971ae 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/kiwix-tools/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/kiwix-tools/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'kiwix-tools'
 pkgname=kiwix-tools
-version=3.5.0
+version=3.7.0
 revision=1
 build_style=meson
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://kiwix.org"
 changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kiwix/kiwix-tools/main/Changelog"
 distfiles="https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-tools/archive/refs/tags/${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=b15e69dd0ae690cb7a000ad815e5037db5276d92310e0b44832b960a51bfaeac
+checksum=7367400dab80fcf0702657b2d5324ec29f344581318659c106f5b7fca30fa0db
 
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	hostmakedepends+=" kiwix-lib-devel"