diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/edgedb/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/edgedb/default.nix
index c5f360cd2505..7d6b31c3090f 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/edgedb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/edgedb/default.nix
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@
   makeBinaryWrapper,
   pkg-config,
   curl,
+  openssl,
   Security,
   CoreServices,
   libiconv,
   xz,
-  perl,
   substituteAll,
   # for passthru.tests:
   edgedb,
@@ -19,26 +19,27 @@
 }:
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   pname = "edgedb";
-  version = "5.3.0";
+  version = "5.2.3";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "edgedb";
     repo = "edgedb-cli";
-    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-oG3KxORNppQDa84CXjSxM9Z9GDLby+irUbEncyjoJU4=";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-WlXX1ACSZZNV0VBCoZjC1wLDF0qjIdjNJ4rQu6fBGfM=";
     fetchSubmodules = true;
   };
 
   cargoLock = {
     lockFile = ./Cargo.lock;
     outputHashes = {
-      "edgedb-derive-0.5.2" = "sha256-9vmaMOoZ5VmbJ0/eN0XdE5hrID/BK4IkLnIwucgRr2w=";
-      "edgeql-parser-0.1.0" = "sha256-WUNiUgfuzbr+zNYgJivalUK5kPSvkVcgp4Zq3pmoa/w=";
+      "edgedb-derive-0.5.1" = "sha256-ATldvarkp/W5bz55qoMtfTMcueWklyKnrJUHvLKlWh0=";
+      "edgeql-parser-0.1.0" = "sha256-KPi2M2UEN+p3V/fcmKtb3K9XTLC4vJ5H+yG8ZfD7RBs=";
       "indexmap-2.0.0-pre" = "sha256-QMOmoUHE1F/sp+NeDpgRGqqacWLHWG02YgZc5vAdXZY=";
-      "rustyline-8.0.0" = "sha256-CrICwQbHPzS4QdVIEHxt2euX+g+0pFYe84NfMp1daEc=";
       "rexpect-0.5.0" = "sha256-vstAL/fJWWx7WbmRxNItKpzvgGF3SvJDs5isq9ym/OA=";
+      "rustyline-8.0.0" = "sha256-CrICwQbHPzS4QdVIEHxt2euX+g+0pFYe84NfMp1daEc=";
       "serde_str-1.0.0" = "sha256-CMBh5lxdQb2085y0jc/DrV6B8iiXvVO2aoZH/lFFjak=";
       "scram-0.7.0" = "sha256-QTPxyXBpMXCDkRRJEMYly1GKp90khrwwuMI1eHc2H+Y=";
+      "test-cert-gen-0.10.0-pre" = "sha256-Hyk4/iw6/SgEI70vPCNNbE9+nQ0pOAM158hncyUbvp8=";
       "test-utils-0.1.0" = "sha256-FoF/U89Q9E2Dlmpoh+cfDcScmhcsSNut+rE7BECJSJI=";
       "warp-0.3.6" = "sha256-knDt2aw/PJ0iabhKg+okwwnEzCY+vQVhE7HKCTM6QbE=";
     };
@@ -47,11 +48,15 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     makeBinaryWrapper
     pkg-config
-    perl
   ];
 
   buildInputs =
-    [ curl ]
+    [
+      curl
+    ]
+    ++ lib.optionals (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin) [
+      openssl
+    ]
     ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
       CoreServices
       Security
@@ -69,6 +74,10 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
     })
   ];
 
+  env = {
+    OPENSSL_NO_VENDOR = true;
+  };
+
   doCheck = false;
 
   passthru.tests.version = testers.testVersion {