diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/pwnat/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/pwnat/default.nix
index 780477af2fcb..ab123973c0a1 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/pwnat/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/pwnat/default.nix
@@ -1,21 +1,33 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub }:
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name  = "${pname}-${date}";
   pname = "pwnat";
-  date  = "2014-09-08";
+  # Latest release has an annoying segmentation fault bug, see:
+  # https://github.com/samyk/pwnat/pull/25 . Merging only #25 is impossible due
+  # to major code refactoring.
+  version = "2023-03-31";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner  = "samyk";
     repo   = pname;
-    rev    = "1d07c2eb53171733831c0cd01e4e96a3204ec446";
-    sha256 = "056xhlnf1axa6k90i018xwijkwc9zc7fms35hrkzwgs40g9ybrx5";
+    rev    = "8ec62cdae53a2d573c9f9c906133ca45bbd3360a";
+    sha256 = "sha256-QodNw3ab8/TurKamg6AgMfQ08aalp4j6q663B+sWmRM=";
   };
 
+  # See https://github.com/samyk/pwnat/issues/28
+  preBuild = ''
+    mkdir obj
+  '';
+
   installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/bin $out/share/pwnat
-    cp pwnat $out/bin
-    cp README* COPYING* $out/share/pwnat
+    runHook preInstall
+
+    install -D pwnat $out/bin/pwnat
+
+    runHook postInstall
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {