diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/logging/logstash.nix b/nixos/modules/services/logging/logstash.nix
index 2c3016d27df8..62f6e187ea07 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/logging/logstash.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/logging/logstash.nix
@@ -51,12 +51,6 @@ in
         description = "Logging verbosity level.";
       };
 
-      watchdogTimeout = mkOption {
-        type = types.int;
-        default = 10;
-        description = "Set watchdog timeout value in seconds.";
-      };
-
       filterWorkers = mkOption {
         type = types.int;
         default = 1;
@@ -140,7 +134,6 @@ in
           "-w ${toString cfg.filterWorkers} " +
           ops havePluginPath "--pluginpath ${pluginPath} " +
           "${verbosityFlag} " +
-          "--watchdog-timeout ${toString cfg.watchdogTimeout} " +
           "-f ${writeText "logstash.conf" ''
             input {
               ${cfg.inputConfig}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/logstash/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/logstash/default.nix
index 289d57f88c06..e8f3ccf747d6 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/logstash/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/logstash/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "1.5.3";
+  version = "2.3.4";
   name = "logstash-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://download.elasticsearch.org/logstash/logstash/logstash-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1an476k4q2shdxvhcx4fzbrcpk6isjrrvzlb6ivxfqg5fih3cg7b";
+    sha256 = "10wm4f5ygzifk84c1n9yyj285ccn2zd2m61y6hyf6wirvhys0qkz";
   };
 
   dontBuild         = true;