diff --git a/pkgs/applications/altcoins/parity/beta.nix b/pkgs/applications/altcoins/parity/beta.nix
index ed3f691122ce..9c322b4cb8ca 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/altcoins/parity/beta.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/altcoins/parity/beta.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 let
-  version     = "2.5.1";
-  sha256      = "0nnrgc2qyqqld3znjigryqpg5jaqh3jnmin4a334dbr4jw50dz3d";
-  cargoSha256 = "184vfhsalk5dims3k13zrsv4lmm45a7nm3r0b84g72q7hhbl8pkf";
+  version     = "2.5.3";
+  sha256      = "04z38ba4f1kmaa3d9b4gqz7dwr5blbppnkngw758xdm56772hfmj";
+  cargoSha256 = "03dlzl96g8k02lifymwp1xs0b2mrnj5c1xzpwp014ijqlnzcfgsv";
 in
   import ./parity.nix { inherit version sha256 cargoSha256; }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/altcoins/parity/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/altcoins/parity/default.nix
index 18e3dd4129e4..9c7ee5111f44 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/altcoins/parity/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/altcoins/parity/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 let
-  version     = "2.4.6";
-  sha256      = "0vfq1pyd92n60h9gimn4d5j56xanvl43sgxk9h2kb16amy0mmh3z";
-  cargoSha256 = "04gi9vddahq1q207f83n3wriwdjnmmnby6mq4crdh7yx1p4b26m9";
+  version     = "2.4.8";
+  sha256      = "1kr7hzv27vxa14wafhpaq5a4fv97zh71xjjmwzaqq4gj3k9yj0rm";
+  cargoSha256 = "1yjyk6mhr3ws73aq6h8z5iabvj03ch7mxhkrfdkmhw3cjj0jgx6j";
 in
   import ./parity.nix { inherit version sha256 cargoSha256; }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/altcoins/parity/parity.nix b/pkgs/applications/altcoins/parity/parity.nix
index 9eb189f014e2..011a44fe1709 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/altcoins/parity/parity.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/altcoins/parity/parity.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 { stdenv
 , fetchFromGitHub
-, rustPlatform 
+, rustPlatform
 , pkgconfig
 , openssl
 , systemd
@@ -29,12 +29,14 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
     systemd.lib systemd.dev openssl openssl.dev
   ];
 
+  cargoBuildFlags = [ "--features final" ];
+
   # test result: FAILED. 80 passed; 12 failed; 0 ignored; 0 measured; 0 filtered out
   doCheck = false;
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Fast, light, robust Ethereum implementation";
-    homepage = http://parity.io;
+    homepage = "http://parity.io";
     license = licenses.gpl3;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.akru ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;