diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/dhcpcd.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/dhcpcd.nix
index 31e4b6ad2988..7d50c9477bd5 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/dhcpcd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/dhcpcd.nix
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ in
 
         serviceConfig =
           { Type = "forking";
-            PIDFile = "/run/dhcpcd.pid";
+            PIDFile = "/run/dhcpcd/pid";
             ExecStart = "@${dhcpcd}/sbin/dhcpcd dhcpcd --quiet ${optionalString cfg.persistent "--persistent"} --config ${dhcpcdConf}";
             ExecReload = "${dhcpcd}/sbin/dhcpcd --rebind";
             Restart = "always";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/dhcpcd/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/dhcpcd/default.nix
index 0962335ad1a3..8927e8e76aa0 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/dhcpcd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/dhcpcd/default.nix
@@ -1,15 +1,20 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, pkg-config, udev, runtimeShellPackage,
-runtimeShell }:
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchurl
+, pkg-config
+, udev
+, runtimeShellPackage
+, runtimeShell
+, nixosTests
+}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  # when updating this to >=7, check, see previous reverts:
-  # nix-build -A nixos.tests.networking.scripted.macvlan.x86_64-linux nixos/release-combined.nix
   pname = "dhcpcd";
-  version = "8.1.4";
+  version = "9.4.1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://roy/${pname}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "0gf1qif25wy5lffzw39pi4sshmpxz1f4a1m9sglj7am1gaix3817";
+    sha256 = "sha256-gZNXY07+0epc9E7AGyTT0/iFL+yLQkmSXcxWZ8VON2w=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
@@ -22,14 +27,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     substituteInPlace hooks/dhcpcd-run-hooks.in --replace /bin/sh ${runtimeShell}
   '';
 
-  patches = [
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "?id=114870290a8d3d696bc4049c32eef3eed03d6070";
-      url = "https://roy.marples.name/git/dhcpcd/commitdiff_plain/114870290a8d3d696bc4049c32eef3eed03d6070";
-      sha256 = "0kzpwjh2gzvl5lvlnw6lis610p67nassk3apns68ga2pyxlky8qb";
-    })
-  ];
-
   preConfigure = "patchShebangs ./configure";
 
   configureFlags = [
@@ -46,6 +43,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   # Check that the udev plugin got built.
   postInstall = lib.optionalString (udev != null) "[ -e ${placeholder "out"}/lib/dhcpcd/dev/udev.so ]";
 
+  passthru.tests = { inherit (nixosTests.networking.scripted) macvlan dhcpSimple dhcpOneIf; };
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A client for the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)";
     homepage = "https://roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpcd";