diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/pulseview/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/pulseview/default.nix
index e9496ce60c22..af8daf71309a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/pulseview/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/pulseview/default.nix
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 { mkDerivation, lib, fetchurl, fetchpatch, pkg-config, cmake, glib, boost, libsigrok
 , libsigrokdecode, libserialport, libzip, udev, libusb1, libftdi1, glibmm
-, pcre, librevisa, python3, qtbase, qtsvg
+, pcre, librevisa, python3, qtbase, qtsvg, qttools
 }:
 
 mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "pulseview";
-  version = "0.4.1";
+  version = "0.4.2";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://sigrok.org/download/source/pulseview/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0bvgmkgz37n2bi9niskpl05hf7rsj1lj972fbrgnlz25s4ywxrwy";
+    sha256 = "1jxbpz1h3m1mgrxw74rnihj8vawgqdpf6c33cqqbyd8v7rxgfhph";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkg-config ];
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [
     glib boost libsigrok libsigrokdecode libserialport libzip udev libusb1 libftdi1 glibmm
     pcre librevisa python3
-    qtbase qtsvg
+    qtbase qtsvg qttools
   ];
 
   patches = [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/libsigrok/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/libsigrok/default.nix
index 5a11db8b3b94..6df1a043b6ad 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/libsigrok/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/libsigrok/default.nix
@@ -1,32 +1,50 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, pkg-config, libzip, glib, libusb1, libftdi1, check
-, libserialport, librevisa, doxygen, glibmm, python
-, version ? "0.5.1", sha256 ? "171b553dir5gn6w4f7n37waqk62nq2kf1jykx4ifjacdz5xdw3z4", doInstallCheck ? true
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchurl
+, pkg-config
+, libzip
+, glib
+, libusb1
+, libftdi1
+, check
+, libserialport
+, librevisa
+, doxygen
+, glibmm
+, python
+, hidapi
+, libieee1284
+, bluez
+, sigrok-firmware-fx2lafw
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  inherit version doInstallCheck;
   pname = "libsigrok";
+  version = "0.5.2";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://sigrok.org/download/source/${pname}/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    inherit sha256;
+    sha256 = "0g6fl684bpqm5p2z4j12c62m45j1dircznjina63w392ns81yd2d";
   };
 
-  firmware = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://sigrok.org/download/binary/sigrok-firmware-fx2lafw/sigrok-firmware-fx2lafw-bin-0.1.6.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "14sd8xqph4kb109g073daiavpadb20fcz7ch1ipn0waz7nlly4sw";
-  };
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ doxygen pkg-config python ];
-  buildInputs = [ libzip glib libusb1 libftdi1 check libserialport librevisa glibmm ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    libzip glib libusb1 libftdi1 check libserialport librevisa glibmm hidapi
+  ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isLinux [ libieee1284 bluez ];
 
   strictDeps = true;
 
   postInstall = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/etc/udev/rules.d
+    cp contrib/*.rules $out/etc/udev/rules.d
+
     mkdir -p "$out/share/sigrok-firmware/"
-    tar --strip-components=1 -xvf "${firmware}" -C "$out/share/sigrok-firmware/"
+    cp ${sigrok-firmware-fx2lafw}/share/sigrok-firmware/* "$out/share/sigrok-firmware/"
   '';
 
+  doInstallCheck = true;
   installCheckPhase = ''
     # assert that c++ bindings are included
     # note that this is only true for modern (>0.5) versions; the 0.3 series does not have these
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/sigrok-firmware-fx2lafw/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/sigrok-firmware-fx2lafw/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..86b1f3be33c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/sigrok-firmware-fx2lafw/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchurl
+, sdcc
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "sigrok-firmware-fx2lafw";
+  version = "0.1.7";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://sigrok.org/download/source/sigrok-firmware-fx2lafw/sigrok-firmware-fx2lafw-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "sha256-o/RA1qhSpG4sXRmfwcjk2s0Aa8BODVV2KY7lXQVqzjs=";
+  };
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ sdcc ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Firmware for FX2 logic analyzers";
+    homepage = "https://sigrok.org/";
+
+    # licensing details explained in:
+    # https://sigrok.org/gitweb/?p=sigrok-firmware-fx2lafw.git;a=blob;f=README;hb=HEAD#l122
+    license = with licenses; [
+      gpl2Plus    # overall
+      lgpl21Plus  # fx2lib, Hantek 6022BE, Sainsmart DDS120 firmwares
+    ];
+
+    sourceProvenance = with sourceTypes; [ fromSource ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ panicgh ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index dfe8e19413a2..fda2ba998a15 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5026,7 +5026,6 @@ with pkgs;
   convertlit = callPackage ../tools/text/convertlit { };
 
   collectd = callPackage ../tools/system/collectd {
-    libsigrok = libsigrok_0_3; # not compatible with >= 0.4.0 yet
     jdk = jdk8; # TODO: remove override https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/89731
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) IOKit;
   };
@@ -15897,13 +15896,6 @@ with pkgs;
   libsigrok = callPackage ../development/tools/libsigrok {
     python = python3;
   };
-  # old version:
-  libsigrok_0_3 = libsigrok.override {
-    python = python3;
-    version = "0.3.0";
-    sha256 = "0l3h7zvn3w4c1b9dgvl3hirc4aj1csfkgbk87jkpl7bgl03nk4j3";
-    doInstallCheck = false;
-  };
 
   libsigrokdecode = callPackage ../development/tools/libsigrokdecode {
     python3 = python38;
@@ -15913,6 +15905,8 @@ with pkgs;
   libsigrok4dsl = callPackage ../applications/science/electronics/dsview/libsigrok4dsl.nix { };
   libsigrokdecode4dsl = callPackage ../applications/science/electronics/dsview/libsigrokdecode4dsl.nix { };
 
+  sigrok-firmware-fx2lafw = callPackage ../development/tools/sigrok-firmware-fx2lafw { };
+
   cli11 = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/cli11 { };
 
   datree = callPackage ../development/tools/datree { };