diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/nix-plugins/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/nix-plugins/default.nix
index a4c18e9f0466..c17a0e8c7fe7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/nix-plugins/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/nix-plugins/default.nix
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "nix-plugins";
-  version = "6.0.0";
+  version = "8.0.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "shlevy";
     repo = "nix-plugins";
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "08kxdci0sijj1hfkn3dbr7nbpb9xck0xr3xa3a0j116n4kvwb6qv";
+    hash = "sha256-Zz8cPHK4w0qimYu6III6XfiKVQIzEMMV9P6ER5fveZY=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkg-config ];
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 98696a445cca..1dc4a85720b0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -18780,7 +18780,7 @@ with pkgs;
   nghttp2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/nghttp2 { };
   libnghttp2 = nghttp2.lib;
 
-  nix-plugins = callPackage ../development/libraries/nix-plugins { nix = nix_2_3; };
+  nix-plugins = callPackage ../development/libraries/nix-plugins { };
 
   nika-fonts = callPackage ../data/fonts/nika-fonts { };