diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/haxe/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/haxe/default.nix
index a103221b85b9..953949b949a0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/haxe/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/haxe/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ let
         ptmap
         camlp5
         sha
-        luv
+        luv-0-5-12
         extlib
       ]
     else
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ let
         ptmap
         camlp5
         sha
-        luv
+        luv-0-5-12
         extlib-1-7-7
       ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/luv/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/luv/default.nix
index 207d1a1aea3e..193edadb4b09 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/luv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/luv/default.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
-# nixpkgs-update: no auto update
-# haxe depends on specific version of luv
 {
   lib,
   buildDunePackage,
-  ocaml,
   fetchurl,
   ctypes,
   result,
@@ -11,51 +8,59 @@
   file,
 }:
 
-buildDunePackage rec {
-  pname = "luv";
-  version = "0.5.12";
+let
+  generic =
+    {
+      version,
+      sha256,
+    }:
+    buildDunePackage rec {
+      pname = "luv";
+      inherit version;
 
-  minimalOCamlVersion = "4.03";
+      src = fetchurl {
+        url = "https://github.com/aantron/luv/releases/download/${version}/luv-${version}.tar.gz";
+        inherit sha256;
+      };
 
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/aantron/luv/releases/download/${version}/luv-${version}.tar.gz";
+      patches = lib.optional (lib.versionOlder version "0.5.14") ./incompatible-pointer-type-fix.diff;
+
+      postConfigure = ''
+        substituteInPlace "src/c/vendor/configure/ltmain.sh" --replace-fail /usr/bin/file file
+      '';
+
+      nativeBuildInputs = [ file ];
+      propagatedBuildInputs = [
+        ctypes
+        result
+      ];
+      checkInputs = [ alcotest ];
+      doCheck = true;
+
+      meta = {
+        homepage = "https://github.com/aantron/luv";
+        description = "Binding to libuv: cross-platform asynchronous I/O";
+        # MIT-licensed, extra licenses apply partially to libuv vendor
+        license = with lib.licenses; [
+          mit
+          bsd2
+          bsd3
+          cc-by-sa-40
+        ];
+        maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
+          locallycompact
+          sternenseemann
+        ];
+      };
+    };
+in
+{
+  luv-0-5-12 = generic {
+    version = "0.5.12";
     sha256 = "sha256-dp9qCIYqSdROIAQ+Jw73F3vMe7hnkDe8BgZWImNMVsA=";
   };
-
-  patches = [
-    # backport of patch to fix incompatible pointer type. remove next update
-    # https://github.com/aantron/luv/commit/ad7f953fccb8732fe4eb9018556e8d4f82abf8f2
-    ./incompatible-pointer-type-fix.diff
-  ];
-
-  postConfigure = ''
-    for f in src/c/vendor/configure/{ltmain.sh,configure}; do
-      substituteInPlace "$f" --replace /usr/bin/file file
-    done
-  '';
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ file ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    ctypes
-    result
-  ];
-  checkInputs = [ alcotest ];
-  # Alcotest depends on fmt that needs 4.08 or newer
-  doCheck = lib.versionAtLeast ocaml.version "4.08";
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = "https://github.com/aantron/luv";
-    description = "Binding to libuv: cross-platform asynchronous I/O";
-    # MIT-licensed, extra licenses apply partially to libuv vendor
-    license = with lib.licenses; [
-      mit
-      bsd2
-      bsd3
-      cc-by-sa-40
-    ];
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
-      locallycompact
-      sternenseemann
-    ];
+  luv = generic {
+    version = "0.5.14";
+    sha256 = "sha256-jgG0pQyIds3ZjY4kXAaHxNxNiDrtFhrZxazh+x/arpk=";
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
index 72027961b6da..85a8b5df2a14 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/ocaml-packages.nix
@@ -1147,9 +1147,12 @@ let
 
         lutils = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/lutils { };
 
-        luv = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/luv {
-          inherit (pkgs) file;
-        };
+        inherit
+          (callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/luv {
+          })
+          luv-0-5-12
+          luv
+          ;
 
         lwd = callPackage ../development/ocaml-modules/lwd { };