diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/fe/ferron/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/fe/ferron/package.nix
index af4b2e43c3cb..e2b95ff542e6 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/fe/ferron/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/fe/ferron/package.nix
@@ -10,13 +10,14 @@
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "ferron";
-  version = "2.7.0";
+  version = "2.8.1";
+  __structuredAttrs = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "ferronweb";
     repo = "ferron";
     tag = finalAttrs.version;
-    hash = "sha256-nh3dq8s+lH+WbFviFZ9L+4MF4YhGPaJWTYtH12HfXoI=";
+    hash = "sha256-69rCgyUjEbInTmgZMU6uNuahaqSVcaIOWFVSGC9in28=";
   };
 
   # ../../ is cargoDepsCopy, and obviously does not contain monoio's README.md
@@ -25,9 +26,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
       --replace-fail '#![doc = include_str!("../../README.md")]' ""
   '';
 
-  strictDeps = true;
-
-  cargoHash = "sha256-ft7Ewv56u31iPCH3LJKE4Mt68KTfHtIiYMRjeGcwSQQ=";
+  cargoHash = "sha256-H6AMHYlUdlCFAzOcso5V7uagB1Is304TuXR6+IrqWOU=";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     pkg-config
@@ -53,7 +52,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
   meta = {
     description = "Fast, memory-safe web server written in Rust";
     homepage = "https://github.com/ferronweb/ferron";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/ferronweb/ferron/releases/tag/${finalAttrs.version}";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/ferronweb/ferron/releases/tag/${finalAttrs.src.tag}";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
       _0x4A6F