diff --git a/doc/release-notes/rl-2511.section.md b/doc/release-notes/rl-2511.section.md
index 627ade13a6ad..5192f7a7d48b 100644
--- a/doc/release-notes/rl-2511.section.md
+++ b/doc/release-notes/rl-2511.section.md
@@ -231,6 +231,8 @@
 
 - [private-gpt](https://github.com/zylon-ai/private-gpt) service has been removed by lack of maintenance upstream.
 
+- `rabbitmq-server` has been updated from 4.0.9 to 4.1.4. The 4.1.0 release includes breaking changes. For more information read the [changelog of 4.1.0](https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v4.1.0)
+
 - `lxde` scope has been removed, and its packages have been moved the top-level.
 
 - `pulsemeeter` has been updated to `2.0.0`. The configuration file from older versions has to be deleted. For more information and instructions see the [v2.0.0 changelog entry](https://github.com/theRealCarneiro/pulsemeeter/releases/tag/v2.0.0).
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ra/rabbitmq-server/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ra/rabbitmq-server/package.nix
index 660d517bfe62..4c242a6ed253 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ra/rabbitmq-server/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ra/rabbitmq-server/package.nix
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   python3,
   libxml2,
   libxslt,
+  git,
   xmlto,
   docbook_xml_dtd_45,
   docbook_xsl,
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@
   glibcLocales,
   nixosTests,
   which,
+  p7zip,
 }:
 
 let
@@ -39,14 +41,14 @@ let
   );
 in
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "rabbitmq-server";
-  version = "4.0.9";
+  version = "4.1.4";
 
   # when updating, consider bumping elixir version in all-packages.nix
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/download/v${version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    hash = "sha256-imBxBn8RQS0jBGfT5KLLLt+fKvyybzLzPZu9DpFOos8=";
+    url = "https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/download/v${finalAttrs.version}/${finalAttrs.pname}-${finalAttrs.version}.tar.xz";
+    hash = "sha256-dqNdrbXSysYUMN+6gMMb9GXKER/mOGXgW6j3iOLHNks=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -58,6 +60,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     rsync
     python3
     which
+    p7zip
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
@@ -68,6 +71,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     glibcLocales
   ];
 
+  prePatch = ''
+    # erlang.mk assumes that the elixir lib directory is at the same level as the bin of the elixir binary,
+    # this is not for the Nixpkgs packaging, so patch this
+    substituteInPlace erlang.mk \
+      --replace-fail \
+      "ELIXIR_LIBS ?= $(abspath $(dir $(ELIXIR_BIN))/../lib)" \
+      "ELIXIR_LIBS ?= ${beamPackages.elixir}/lib/elixir/lib"
+  '';
+
   outputs = [
     "out"
     "man"
@@ -129,9 +141,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://www.rabbitmq.com/";
     description = "Implementation of the AMQP messaging protocol";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v${version}";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/releases/tag/v${finalAttrs.version}";
     license = lib.licenses.mpl20;
     platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ samueltardieu ];
   };
-}
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d85806a7e511..e5d3897c1ca4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9693,7 +9693,7 @@ with pkgs;
   qremotecontrol-server = libsForQt5.callPackage ../servers/misc/qremotecontrol-server { };
 
   rabbitmq-server = callPackage ../by-name/ra/rabbitmq-server/package.nix {
-    beamPackages = beam27Packages.extend (self: super: { elixir = elixir_1_17; });
+    beamPackages = beam27Packages.extend (self: super: { elixir = elixir_1_18; });
   };
 
   rethinkdb = callPackage ../servers/nosql/rethinkdb {