diff --git a/gnu/packages/tex.scm b/gnu/packages/tex.scm
index 5a0534f1b16..ce89ebc8818 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/tex.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/tex.scm
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2023 Dominik Delgado Steuter <d@delgado.nrw>
 ;;; Copyright © 2023 Timothy Sample <samplet@ngyro.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2024, 2025 Janneke Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2025 Hugo Buddelmeijer <hugo@buddelmeijer.nl>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -77459,40 +77460,36 @@ PDF documents.")
 (define-public texmaker
   (package
     (name "texmaker")
-    (version "5.0.4")
+    (version "6.0.1")
+    ;; TODO: Remove "3rdparty" directory contents:
+    ;;   encodingprober, hunspell, pdfium, singleapp, and synctex
+    ;; as at least some of those are packaged by Guix directly.
+    ;; Those libraries seem to also have been included in texmaker 5.*, but were
+    ;; not isolated in a designated directory and therefor probably not noticed.
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
-              (uri (string-append "http://www.xm1math.net/texmaker/texmaker-"
+              (uri (string-append "https://www.xm1math.net/texmaker/texmaker-"
                                   version ".tar.bz2"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "1qnh5g8zkjpjmw2l8spcynpfgs3wpcfcla5ms2kkgvkbdlzspqqx"))))
+                "1xna8qp0x3qvg2093slx98jv0qri6vpbblvhrla7gzfq1kgkbhmq"))))
     (build-system qt-build-system)
     (arguments
-     (list
-      #:tests? #f ; no tests
-      #:modules '((guix build qt-build-system)
-                  ((guix build gnu-build-system) #:prefix gnu:)
-                  (guix build utils))
-      #:phases
-      #~(modify-phases %standard-phases
-          ;; Qt has its own configuration utility.
-          (replace 'configure
-            (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
-              (let ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out")))
-                (invoke "qmake"
-                        (string-append "PREFIX=" out)
-                        (string-append "DESKTOPDIR=" out "/share/applications")
-                        (string-append "ICONDIR=" out "/share/pixmaps")
-                        (string-append "METAINFODIR=" out "/share/metainfo")
-                        "texmaker.pro"))))
-          (replace 'build (assoc-ref gnu:%standard-phases 'build))
-          (replace 'install (assoc-ref gnu:%standard-phases 'install)))))
+     (list #:tests? #f)) ; no tests
     (inputs
-     (list poppler-qt5 qtbase-5 qtwayland-5 qtscript-5 zlib))
+     (list poppler-qt6
+           qt5compat
+           qtbase
+           qtdeclarative
+           qttools ;for Qt6LinguistTool
+           qtwayland
+           qtwebengine
+           zlib))
     (native-inputs
      (list pkg-config))
     (home-page "https://www.xm1math.net/texmaker/")
+    (properties '((release-monitoring-url
+                   . "https://www.xm1math.net/texmaker/download.html")))
     (synopsis "LaTeX editor")
     (description "Texmaker is a program that integrates many tools needed to
 develop documents with LaTeX, in a single application.")