diff --git a/gnu/packages/gtk.scm b/gnu/packages/gtk.scm
index b0dd0c6cc6..436018efdb 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gtk.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gtk.scm
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
   #:use-module (guix packages)
   #:use-module (guix download)
   #:use-module (guix git-download)
+  #:use-module (guix build-system glib-or-gtk)
   #:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
   #:use-module (guix build-system meson)
   #:use-module (guix build-system perl)
@@ -1737,7 +1738,7 @@ independent of your desktop environment, and supports global key bindings.")
 (define-public yad
   (package
     (name "yad")
-    (version "0.41.0")
+    (version "5.0")
     (source
      (origin
        (method git-fetch)
@@ -1746,24 +1747,24 @@ independent of your desktop environment, and supports global key bindings.")
              (commit (string-append "v" version))))
        (file-name (git-file-name name version))
        (sha256
-        (base32 "1hkxiich898sbacpg3jflf6i8l4hkfnc0zh10rr376v0mnzbn6jn"))))
-    (build-system gnu-build-system)
+        (base32 "07rd61hvilsxxrj7lf8c9k0a8glj07s48m7ya8d45030r90g3lvc"))))
+    (build-system glib-or-gtk-build-system)
     (arguments
      `(#:configure-flags
-       '("--with-gtk=gtk3"
-         "--enable-html"
-         "--enable-gio"
-         "--enable-spell"
-         "--enable-icon-browser")
+       ;; Passing --enable-foo will silently disable foo if prerequisite
+       ;; inputs are missing, not abort the build as one might expect.
+       ;; ‘--enable-html’ adds a huge webkitgtk dependency.  It was never
+       ;; present in the past and nobody complained.
+       '("--enable-icon-browser"
+         "--enable-spell")              ; gspell checking support
        #:phases
        (modify-phases %standard-phases
-         (replace 'bootstrap
+         (add-after 'bootstrap 'intltoolize
            (lambda _
-             (invoke "autoreconf" "-vif")
-             (invoke "intltoolize" "--force" "--automake")
-             #t)))))
+             (invoke "intltoolize" "--force" "--automake"))))))
     (inputs
-     `(("gtk+" ,gtk+)))
+     `(("gspell" ,gspell)
+       ("gtk+" ,gtk+)))
     (native-inputs
      `(("autoconf" ,autoconf)
        ("automake" ,automake)