diff --git a/nixos/tests/xmpp/ejabberd.nix b/nixos/tests/xmpp/ejabberd.nix
index 7eb566b54685..196a04aca300 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/xmpp/ejabberd.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/xmpp/ejabberd.nix
@@ -45,8 +45,7 @@ import ../make-test.nix ({ pkgs, ... }: {
               ip: "127.0.0.1"
               module: ejabberd_service
               access: local
-              shaper_rule: fast
-              ip: "127.0.0.1"
+              shaper: fast
 
           ## Disabling digest-md5 SASL authentication. digest-md5 requires plain-text
           ## password storage (see auth_password_format option).
@@ -181,7 +180,6 @@ import ../make-test.nix ({ pkgs, ... }: {
             mod_client_state: {}
             mod_configure: {} # requires mod_adhoc
             ## mod_delegation: {} # for xep0356
-            mod_echo: {}
             #mod_irc:
             #  host: "irc.@HOST@"
             #  default_encoding: "utf-8"
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/xmpp/ejabberd/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/xmpp/ejabberd/default.nix
index 5db000e7a4a2..7e092c523493 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/xmpp/ejabberd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/xmpp/ejabberd/default.nix
@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@ let
   ctlpath = lib.makeBinPath [ bash gnused gnugrep coreutils utillinux procps ];
 
 in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "19.05";
-  name = "ejabberd-${version}";
+  version = "19.08";
+  pname = "ejabberd";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://www.process-one.net/downloads/ejabberd/${version}/${name}.tgz";
-    sha256 = "1lczck2760bcsl7vqc5xv4rizps0scdmss2zc4b1l59wzlmnfg7h";
+    url = "https://www.process-one.net/downloads/ejabberd/${version}/${pname}-${version}.tgz";
+    sha256 = "0ivkw31civcznv9k645hvrzn1yc6a4qsrsywjrakniwaaxlsnj8w";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ fakegit ];
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
     outputHashMode = "recursive";
     outputHashAlgo = "sha256";
-    outputHash = "1bdghq8vsr8y4rka4c8vbcmazw1avs2nlcp5id1cihvnscmyjbc3";
+    outputHash = "0h1amqp2x6ir29bdh9x8bm0abj67k81nmkqi8gidwccsa5z94s2c";
   };
 
   configureFlags =