diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ew/eww/lockfile.patch b/pkgs/by-name/ew/eww/lockfile.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 1edc62c66a45..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ew/eww/lockfile.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
-index 5d94bd4..acd2c8d 100644
---- a/Cargo.lock
-+++ b/Cargo.lock
-@@ -1676,7 +1676,7 @@ dependencies = [
-  "libm",
-  "log",
-  "regex",
-- "time 0.3.34",
-+ "time 0.3.36",
-  "urlencoding",
- ]
- 
-@@ -2893,9 +2893,9 @@ dependencies = [
- 
- [[package]]
- name = "time"
--version = "0.3.34"
-+version = "0.3.36"
- source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
--checksum = "c8248b6521bb14bc45b4067159b9b6ad792e2d6d754d6c41fb50e29fefe38749"
-+checksum = "5dfd88e563464686c916c7e46e623e520ddc6d79fa6641390f2e3fa86e83e885"
- dependencies = [
-  "deranged",
-  "itoa",
-@@ -2914,9 +2914,9 @@ checksum = "ef927ca75afb808a4d64dd374f00a2adf8d0fcff8e7b184af886c3c87ec4a3f3"
- 
- [[package]]
- name = "time-macros"
--version = "0.2.17"
-+version = "0.2.18"
- source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
--checksum = "7ba3a3ef41e6672a2f0f001392bb5dcd3ff0a9992d618ca761a11c3121547774"
-+checksum = "3f252a68540fde3a3877aeea552b832b40ab9a69e318efd078774a01ddee1ccf"
- dependencies = [
-  "num-conv",
-  "time-core",
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ew/eww/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ew/eww/package.nix
index f9882eacf2f4..0d45e0045708 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ew/eww/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ew/eww/package.nix
@@ -15,21 +15,16 @@
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   pname = "eww";
-  version = "0.6.0-unstable-2024-07-05";
+  version = "0.6.0-unstable-2025-01-14";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "elkowar";
     repo = "eww";
-    # FIXME: change to a release tag once a new release is available
-    # https://github.com/elkowar/eww/pull/1084
-    # using the revision to fix string truncation issue in eww config
-    rev = "4d55e9ad63d1fae887726dffcd25a32def23d34f";
-    hash = "sha256-LTSFlW/46hl1u9SzqnvbtNxswCW05bhwOY6CzVEJC5o=";
+    rev = "593a4f4666f0bc42790d6d033e64a2b38449090f";
+    hash = "sha256-DbXsiqMyZKNSFmL5aEJwJr+cPnz8qaWe5lNDoovOX/g=";
   };
 
-  # needed to fix build errors with rust 1.80 due to outdated time crate
-  cargoPatches = [ ./lockfile.patch ];
-  cargoHash = "sha256-55lmQl5pJwrEj5RlSG8b0PqtZVrASxTmX4Qdk090DZo=";
+  cargoHash = "sha256-hS8uNqT37z/89Q5pqfWKm/wijgMyrU8uDT5exn0NZNU=";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     installShellFiles