diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix-doc/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix-doc/default.nix
index ba5da3595657..f3983b0cd760 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix-doc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix-doc/default.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
-{ lib, rustPlatform, fetchFromGitHub, boost, nix, pkg-config }:
+{ lib, stdenv, rustPlatform, fetchFromGitHub, boost, nix, pkg-config }:
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   pname = "nix-doc";
-  version = "0.5.9";
+  version = "0.5.10";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     rev = "v${version}";
     owner = "lf-";
     repo = "nix-doc";
-    sha256 = "sha256-uilVJz1MnMF3i/ZXY0bIoSK3uAzfxWuHfhoOSmQgY/I=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-+T4Bz26roTFiXTM8P8FnJLSdFY2hP26X4nChWWUACN8=";
   };
 
   doCheck = true;
@@ -16,7 +16,20 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config nix ];
 
-  cargoSha256 = "sha256-02noJcbtml4MxRCjaWtjOWLTUNOQnKy3GCsil31J6F8=";
+  # Packaging support for making the nix-doc plugin load cleanly as a no-op on
+  # the wrong Nix version (disabling bindnow permits loading libraries
+  # requiring unavailable symbols if they are unreached)
+  hardeningDisable = [ "bindnow" ];
+  # Due to a Rust bug, setting -Z relro-level to anything including "off" on
+  # macOS will cause link errors
+  env = lib.optionalAttrs stdenv.isLinux {
+    # nix-doc does not use nightly features, however, there is no other way to
+    # set relro-level
+    RUSTC_BOOTSTRAP = 1;
+    RUSTFLAGS = "-Z relro-level=partial";
+  };
+
+  cargoSha256 = "sha256-GylSWo4LIsjKnJE9H6iJHZ99UI6UPhAOnAGXk+v8bko=";
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "An interactive Nix documentation tool";