diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2111.section.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2111.section.xml
index 27175564e9d0..6c1e73884b95 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2111.section.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2111.section.xml
@@ -167,6 +167,13 @@
           from 1.0.4 to 3.0.1
         </para>
       </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+        <para>
+          The <literal>erigon</literal> ethereum node has moved to a new
+          database format in <literal>2021-05-04</literal>, and requires
+          a full resync
+        </para>
+      </listitem>
       <listitem>
         <para>
           <literal>services.geoip-updater</literal> was broken and has
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2111.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2111.section.md
index 8596cea10d7e..6fdec708a6fb 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2111.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2111.section.md
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ pt-services.clipcat.enable).
 
 - The `staticjinja` package has been upgraded from 1.0.4 to 3.0.1
 
+- The `erigon` ethereum node has moved to a new database format in `2021-05-04`, and requires a full resync
+
 - `services.geoip-updater` was broken and has been replaced by [services.geoipupdate](options.html#opt-services.geoipupdate.enable).
 
 - PHP 7.3 is no longer supported due to upstream not supporting this version for the entire lifecycle of the 21.11 release.
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/erigon.nix b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/erigon.nix
index 58c0b45337eb..0d6a395b05af 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/erigon.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/erigon.nix
@@ -1,29 +1,33 @@
-{ lib, buildGoModule, fetchFromGitHub }:
+{ stdenv, lib, buildGoModule, fetchFromGitHub }:
 
 buildGoModule rec {
-  pname = "turbo-geth";
-  version = "2021.05.02";
+  pname = "erigon";
+  version = "2021.08.01";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "ledgerwatch";
     repo = pname;
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-7sTRAAlKZOdwi/LRbIEDKWpBe1ol8pZfEf2KIC4s0xk=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-fjMkCCeQa/IHB4yXlL7Qi8J9wtZm90l3xIA72LeoW8M=";
   };
 
-  vendorSha256 = "1d0ahdb2b5v8nxq3kdxw151phnyv6habb8kr8qjaq3kyhcnyk6ng";
+  vendorSha256 = "1vsgd19an592dblm9afasmh8cd0x2frw5pvnxkxd2fikhy2mibbs";
   runVend = true;
 
+  # Build errors in mdbx when format hardening is enabled:
+  #   cc1: error: '-Wformat-security' ignored without '-Wformat' [-Werror=format-security]
+  hardeningDisable = [ "format" ];
+
   subPackages = [
-    "cmd/tg"
+    "cmd/erigon"
     "cmd/evm"
     "cmd/rpcdaemon"
     "cmd/rlpdump"
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://github.com/ledgerwatch/turbo-geth/";
-    description = "Ethereum node and geth fork focused on scalability and modularity";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon/";
+    description = "Ethereum node implementation focused on scalability and modularity";
     license = with licenses; [ lgpl3Plus gpl3Plus ];
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ d-xo ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index ae0194850666..d7d4b0dd8c21 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -874,6 +874,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   truecrypt = veracrypt; # added 2018-10-24
   tshark = wireshark-cli; # added 2018-04-25
   tuijam = throw "tuijam has been removed because Google Play Music was discontinued"; # added 2021-03-07
+  turbo-geth = throw "turbo-geth has been renamed to erigon"; # added 20201-08-08
   uberwriter = apostrophe; # added 2020-04-23
   ubootBeagleboneBlack = ubootAmx335xEVM; # added 2020-01-21
   ucsFonts = ucs-fonts; # added 2016-07-15