diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/el/ell/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/el/ell/package.nix
index 6c78a1c78248..62b246a971ad 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/el/ell/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/el/ell/package.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "ell";
-  version = "0.71";
+  version = "0.73";
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
   separateDebugInfo = true;
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   src = fetchgit {
     url = "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/ell/ell.git";
     rev = version;
-    hash = "sha256-nbfWjV0zPPx2kcnD/aRaWSXUGIqrUX7Z4U45ASk5Ric=";
+    hash = "sha256-pwAlRh+rkfPA6dXOGZcIidyCD2ioxVPSJjnyvrWuwow=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   # Runs multiple dbus instances on the same port failing the bind.
   enableParallelChecking = false;
 
+  # 'unit/test-hwdb' fails in the sandbox as it relies on
+  # '/etc/udev/hwdb.bin' file presence in the sandbox. `nixpkgs` does
+  # not provide it today in any form. Let's skip the test.
+  env.XFAIL_TESTS = "unit/test-hwdb";
+
   # tests sporadically fail on musl
   doCheck = !stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl;