diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/netdata/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/netdata/default.nix
index d5612331e829..321b5ab84fa6 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/netdata/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/netdata/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 { lib, stdenv, callPackage, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, pkg-config, makeWrapper
 , CoreFoundation, IOKit, libossp_uuid
 , nixosTests
-, curl, jemalloc, libuv, zlib
+, netdata-go-d-plugin
+, bash, curl, jemalloc, libuv, zlib
 , libcap, libuuid, lm_sensors, protobuf
 , withCups ? false, cups
 , withDBengine ? true, lz4
@@ -14,9 +15,7 @@
 , withDebug ? false
 }:
 
-let
-  go-d-plugin = callPackage ./go.d.plugin.nix {};
-in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   # Don't forget to update go.d.plugin.nix as well
   version = "1.38.1";
   pname = "netdata";
@@ -32,7 +31,8 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   strictDeps = true;
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkg-config makeWrapper protobuf ];
-  buildInputs = [ curl jemalloc libuv zlib ]
+  # bash is only used to rewrite shebangs
+  buildInputs = [ bash curl jemalloc libuv zlib ]
     ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ CoreFoundation IOKit libossp_uuid ]
     ++ lib.optionals (!stdenv.isDarwin) [ libcap libuuid ]
     ++ lib.optionals withCups [ cups ]
@@ -65,13 +65,14 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   # to bootstrap tools:
   #   https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/175719
   # We pick zlib.dev as a simple canary package with pkg-config input.
-  disallowedReferences = [ zlib.dev ];
+  disallowedReferences = if withDebug then [] else [ zlib.dev ];
 
+  donStrip = withDebug;
   env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = lib.optionalString withDebug "-O1 -ggdb -DNETDATA_INTERNAL_CHECKS=1";
 
   postInstall = ''
-    ln -s ${go-d-plugin}/lib/netdata/conf.d/* $out/lib/netdata/conf.d
-    ln -s ${go-d-plugin}/bin/godplugin $out/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/go.d.plugin
+    ln -s ${netdata-go-d-plugin}/lib/netdata/conf.d/* $out/lib/netdata/conf.d
+    ln -s ${netdata-go-d-plugin}/bin/godplugin $out/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/go.d.plugin
   '' + lib.optionalString (!stdenv.isDarwin) ''
     # rename this plugin so netdata will look for setuid wrapper
     mv $out/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/apps.plugin \
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/netdata/go.d.plugin.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/netdata/go.d.plugin.nix
index 5b45ddbb3ae2..8118a480f3d2 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/netdata/go.d.plugin.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/netdata/go.d.plugin.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 { lib, fetchFromGitHub, buildGo119Module }:
 buildGo119Module rec {
-  pname = "netdata-go.d.plugin";
-  version = "0.50.0";
+  pname = "netdata-go-plugins";
+  version = "0.51.2";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "netdata";
     repo = "go.d.plugin";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "5kDc6zszVuFTDkNMuHBRwrfDnH+AdD6ULzmywtvL8iA=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-u87kTNM1oAmJRtm/iEESjVvQ9qEpFCGqRT8M+iVEwlI=";
   };
 
-  vendorSha256 = "sha256-Wv6xqzpQxlZCrVnS+g9t1qiYCkm3NfXfW8XDYA9Txxs=";
+  vendorSha256 = "sha256-QB+Sf7biNPD8/3y9pFxOJZXtc6BaBcQsUGP7y9Wukwg=";
 
   doCheck = false;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 04074f2a09e7..ac0e38c1946e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9292,6 +9292,8 @@ with pkgs;
   netdata = callPackage ../tools/system/netdata {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) CoreFoundation IOKit;
   };
+  # Exposed here so the bots can auto-upgrade it
+  netdata-go-plugins = callPackage ../tools/system/netdata/go.d.plugin.nix {};
 
   netsurf = recurseIntoAttrs (callPackage ../applications/networking/browsers/netsurf { });
   netsurf-browser = netsurf.browser;