diff --git a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/electrs/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/electrs/default.nix
index d37ace710734..84b2a2f736a1 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/electrs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/electrs/default.nix
@@ -9,24 +9,27 @@
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   pname = "electrs";
-  version = "0.9.1";
+  version = "0.9.2";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "romanz";
     repo = pname;
     rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-GDO8iGntQncvdJiDMBJk9GrGF9JToasbLRzju3S0TS0=";
+    hash = "sha256-dYKSc5fU66fu+GdTeWQBrIOJAiBGdYAOS7MCto98Xss=";
   };
 
-  cargoHash = "sha256-Ms785+3Z4xEUW8FRRu1FIHk7HSWYLBThKlJDFjW6j0I=";
+  cargoHash = "sha256-M4H5tUbo1f18kk8S53saebSnZhZFr8udw41BUNJbQVI==";
 
   # needed for librocksdb-sys
   nativeBuildInputs = [ llvmPackages.clang ];
   LIBCLANG_PATH = "${llvmPackages.libclang.lib}/lib";
 
+  # temporarily disable dynamic linking, which broke with rocksdb update 6.23.3 -> 6.25.3
+  # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/143524#issuecomment-955053331
+  #
   # link rocksdb dynamically
-  ROCKSDB_INCLUDE_DIR = "${rocksdb}/include";
-  ROCKSDB_LIB_DIR = "${rocksdb}/lib";
+  # ROCKSDB_INCLUDE_DIR = "${rocksdb}/include";
+  # ROCKSDB_LIB_DIR = "${rocksdb}/lib";
 
   buildInputs = lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ Security ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/electrs/update.sh b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/electrs/update.sh
index 3e4d90db59de..14105d71a448 100755
--- a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/electrs/update.sh
+++ b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/electrs/update.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ repo=$tmpdir/repo
 trap "rm -rf $tmpdir" EXIT
 
 git clone --depth 1 --branch v${version} -c advice.detachedHead=false https://github.com/romanz/electrs $repo
+git -C $repo checkout tags/v${version}
 
 export GNUPGHOME=$tmpdir
 echo