diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pd/pdns/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/pd/pdns/package.nix
index e1ee413a8e2e..6f125cb1c035 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/pd/pdns/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/pd/pdns/package.nix
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "pdns";
-  version = "4.9.8";
+  version = "5.0.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://downloads.powerdns.com/releases/pdns-${finalAttrs.version}.tar.bz2";
-    hash = "sha256-GAtmrjMtMWaWjgE7/3y/bwxyhp1r5pfbdKAt86xuipE=";
+    hash = "sha256-DczjVdl6mazvwdRdY8EX2VIUmGfceYMjb378ngQbCjA=";
   };
   # redact configure flags from version output to reduce closure size
   patches = [ ./version.patch ];
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     (lib.enableFeature stdenv.hostPlatform.is32bit "experimental-64bit-time_t-support-on-glibc")
     (lib.enableFeature false "silent-rules")
     (lib.enableFeature true "dns-over-tls")
-    (lib.enableFeature true "unit-tests")
+    (lib.enableFeature finalAttrs.finalPackage.doCheck "unit-tests")
     (lib.enableFeature true "reproducible")
     (lib.enableFeature true "tools")
     (lib.enableFeature true "ixfrdist")
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pd/pdns/version.patch b/pkgs/by-name/pd/pdns/version.patch
index 185d07028833..62d9298137b8 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/pd/pdns/version.patch
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/pd/pdns/version.patch
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
-diff --git a/pdns/version.cc b/pdns/version.cc
-index d8f5d40..1368481 100644
 --- a/pdns/version.cc
 +++ b/pdns/version.cc
-@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ void showBuildConfiguration()
- #ifdef PDNS_CONFIG_ARGS
+@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ string getBuildConfiguration()
  #define double_escape(s) #s
  #define escape_quotes(s) double_escape(s)
--  g_log<<Logger::Warning<<"Configured with: "<<escape_quotes(PDNS_CONFIG_ARGS)<<endl;
-+  g_log<<Logger::Warning<<"Configured with: "<<"redacted"<<endl;
+   // NOLINTEND(cppcoreguidelines-macro-usage)
+-  ret << "Configured with: " << escape_quotes(PDNS_CONFIG_ARGS) << endl;
++  ret << "Configured with: " << "redacted to reduce closure size" << endl;
  #undef escape_quotes
  #undef double_escape
  #endif