diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/librechat/0004-fix-deps-v080.patch b/pkgs/by-name/li/librechat/0004-fix-deps-v080.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4f76cd8cb7f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/librechat/0004-fix-deps-v080.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+diff --git a/client/package.json b/client/package.json
+index f96aefa2d..ef3050f72 100644
+--- a/client/package.json
++++ b/client/package.json
+@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
+     "@tanstack/react-query-devtools": "^4.29.0",
+     "@testing-library/dom": "^9.3.0",
+     "@testing-library/jest-dom": "^5.16.5",
+-    "@testing-library/react": "^14.0.0",
++    "@testing-library/react": "^14.3.1",
+     "@testing-library/user-event": "^14.4.3",
+     "@types/jest": "^29.5.14",
+     "@types/js-cookie": "^3.0.6",
+diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
+index 5b484fd55..7cbc13f49 100644
+--- a/package-lock.json
++++ b/package-lock.json
+@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
+         "@eslint/js": "^9.20.0",
+         "@microsoft/eslint-formatter-sarif": "^3.1.0",
+         "@playwright/test": "^1.50.1",
++        "@testing-library/react": "^14.3.1",
+         "@types/react-virtualized": "^9.22.0",
+         "caniuse-lite": "^1.0.30001741",
+         "cross-env": "^7.0.3",
+@@ -2718,7 +2719,7 @@
+         "@tanstack/react-query-devtools": "^4.29.0",
+         "@testing-library/dom": "^9.3.0",
+         "@testing-library/jest-dom": "^5.16.5",
+-        "@testing-library/react": "^14.0.0",
++        "@testing-library/react": "^14.3.1",
+         "@testing-library/user-event": "^14.4.3",
+         "@types/jest": "^29.5.14",
+         "@types/js-cookie": "^3.0.6",
+@@ -51744,7 +51745,7 @@
+         "@rollup/plugin-replace": "^5.0.5",
+         "@rollup/plugin-terser": "^0.4.4",
+         "@tanstack/react-query": "^4.28.0",
+-        "@testing-library/react": "^14.0.0",
++        "@testing-library/react": "^16.3.0",
+         "@types/react": "^18.2.11",
+         "@types/react-dom": "^18.2.4",
+         "caniuse-lite": "^1.0.30001741",
+diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
+index 693de111d..5e58ab1f0 100644
+--- a/package.json
++++ b/package.json
+@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@
+     "@eslint/js": "^9.20.0",
+     "@microsoft/eslint-formatter-sarif": "^3.1.0",
+     "@playwright/test": "^1.50.1",
++    "@testing-library/react": "^14.3.1",
+     "@types/react-virtualized": "^9.22.0",
+     "caniuse-lite": "^1.0.30001741",
+     "cross-env": "^7.0.3",
+diff --git a/packages/client/package.json b/packages/client/package.json
+index 71aac0c29..ab6fabca1 100644
+--- a/packages/client/package.json
++++ b/packages/client/package.json
+@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
+     "@rollup/plugin-replace": "^5.0.5",
+     "@rollup/plugin-terser": "^0.4.4",
+     "@tanstack/react-query": "^4.28.0",
+-    "@testing-library/react": "^14.0.0",
++    "@testing-library/react": "^16.3.0",
+     "@types/react": "^18.2.11",
+     "@types/react-dom": "^18.2.4",
+     "caniuse-lite": "^1.0.30001741",
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/librechat/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/librechat/package.nix
index ba5b361880a9..1bdedae56441 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/librechat/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/librechat/package.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   lib,
   buildNpmPackage,
+  fetchNpmDeps,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   pkg-config,
   node-gyp,
@@ -10,13 +11,13 @@
 
 buildNpmPackage rec {
   pname = "librechat";
-  version = "0.7.8";
+  version = "0.8.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "danny-avila";
     repo = "LibreChat";
     tag = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-bo26EzpRjE2hbbx6oUo0tDsLMdVpWcazCIzA5sm5L34=";
+    hash = "sha256-DTmb9J2nsMy6f+V6BgRtFgpTwOi9OQnvikSx4QZQ0HI=";
   };
 
   patches = [
@@ -35,9 +36,20 @@ buildNpmPackage rec {
     # directory as well. Again, we patch this to be relative to the current working
     # directory instead.
     ./0003-upload-paths.patch
+    # The npm dependencies are causing issues with the build. The package @testing-library/react
+    # appears to not be included in NPM deps, even though it is present in the project
+    # This patch fixes this by placing the dependency in different files and regenerating the
+    # lock file.
+    ./0004-fix-deps-v080.patch
   ];
 
-  npmDepsHash = "sha256-knmS2I6AiSdV2bSnNBThbVHdkpk6iXiRuk4adciDK1M=";
+  npmDepsHash = "sha256-97cEw6VD7FoVayrxClHuS1iUcQmDw7/aUoUV6ektvOY=";
+  npmDeps = fetchNpmDeps {
+    inherit src;
+    name = "${pname}-${version}-npm-deps-patched";
+    hash = npmDepsHash;
+    patches = [ ./0004-fix-deps-v080.patch ];
+  };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     pkg-config
@@ -52,7 +64,18 @@ buildNpmPackage rec {
   makeCacheWritable = true;
 
   npmBuildScript = "frontend";
-  npmPruneFlags = [ "--omit=dev" ];
+  npmPruneFlags = [ "--production" ];
+
+  # For reasons beyond my understanding, the api and client directory disappears after the build finishes.
+  # Hence, the build fails with broken symlinks and if the symlink is removed,
+  # starting LibreChat fails with a "module not found" error.
+  # This is a fixup that copies the missing files to the appropriate location.
+  preFixup = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/lib/node_modules/LibreChat/packages/api
+    cp -R packages/api/dist/. $out/lib/node_modules/LibreChat/packages/api
+    mkdir -p $out/lib/node_modules/LibreChat/packages/client
+    cp -R packages/client/dist/. $out/lib/node_modules/LibreChat/packages/client
+  '';
 
   passthru = {
     updateScript = nix-update-script {