diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/lu/lux-cli/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/lu/lux-cli/package.nix
index c5b2babef5eb..c8114afc03cb 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/lu/lux-cli/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/lu/lux-cli/package.nix
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
   makeWrapper,
   nix,
   openssl,
+  perl,
   pkg-config,
   rustPlatform,
   versionCheckHook,
@@ -17,18 +18,18 @@
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "lux-cli";
 
-  version = "0.15.1";
+  version = "0.17.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "nvim-neorocks";
     repo = "lux";
     tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-1u0zDGUytuMhqe7NOJeXd1DKch8P7FT02MYgMkX3eMc=";
+    hash = "sha256-jVKCjAYeWjy2jDOHEb6vu4ZNTXrSETgUt6NIE++trPE=";
   };
 
   buildAndTestSubdir = "lux-cli";
 
-  cargoHash = "sha256-C84VZfpMua1RrFhTFhWfY2xZAPDtNllkAbdHljlYdZs=";
+  cargoHash = "sha256-Kv8wYxPGainwayru9pWBplg2PNcC86ZTAmDp9M4G1bQ=";
 
   nativeInstallCheckInputs = [
     versionCheckHook
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     installShellFiles
     makeWrapper
+    perl
     pkg-config
   ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/lux-lua.nix b/pkgs/development/lua-modules/lux-lua.nix
index ec9b6a49f518..1759e6672597 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/lux-lua.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/lua-modules/lux-lua.nix
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
   lux-cli,
   nix,
   openssl,
+  perl,
   pkg-config,
   rustPlatform,
 }:
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   cargoHash = lux-cli.cargoHash;
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
+    perl
     pkg-config
   ];