diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/mu/mujoco/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/mu/mujoco/package.nix
index 5a0ee6c7f2cb..96dcf60e4df3 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/mu/mujoco/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/mu/mujoco/package.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   glfw,
   glm,
   spdlog,
-  cereal_1_3_2,
+  cereal,
   python3Packages,
 }:
 
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
     # non-numerical
     spdlog
-    cereal_1_3_2
+    cereal
     glfw
   ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pr/proxsuite/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/pr/proxsuite/package.nix
index 31b95407709a..d1e5dca8dfce 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/pr/proxsuite/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/pr/proxsuite/package.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   graphviz,
 
   # propagatedBuildInputs
-  cereal_1_3_2,
+  cereal,
   eigen,
   jrl-cmakemodules,
   simde,
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    cereal_1_3_2
+    cereal
     eigen
     jrl-cmakemodules
     simde
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sa/salmon/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/sa/salmon/package.nix
index dd728d3d1e10..ad1ed4fd5620 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/sa/salmon/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/sa/salmon/package.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   stdenv,
   boost,
   bzip2,
-  cereal_1_3_2,
+  cereal,
   cmake,
   curl,
   fetchFromGitHub,
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       enabledStatic = true;
     })
     bzip2
-    cereal_1_3_2
+    cereal
     curl
     icu
     jemalloc
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 87a2d32ffdd8..a1711d5ae246 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -283,7 +283,6 @@ with pkgs;
   cve = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication cvelib;
 
   basalt-monado = callPackage ../by-name/ba/basalt-monado/package.nix {
-    cereal = cereal_1_3_2;
     opencv = opencv.override { enableGtk3 = true; };
   };
 
@@ -327,7 +326,7 @@ with pkgs;
     practiceMod = true;
   };
 
-  cereal = cereal_1_3_0;
+  cereal = cereal_1_3_2;
 
   chef-cli = callPackage ../tools/misc/chef-cli { };