diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/aws-c-common/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/aws-c-common/default.nix
index 36315aa86780..39fb5d7eb21e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/aws-c-common/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/aws-c-common/default.nix
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "aws-c-common";
-  version = "0.4.64";
+  version = "0.5.2";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "awslabs";
     repo = pname;
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-izEZMOPHj/9EL78b/t3M0Tki6eA8eRrpG7DO2tkpf1A=";
+    sha256 = "0rd2qzaa9mmn5f6f2bl1wgv54f17pqx3vwyy9f8ylh59qfnilpmg";
   };
 
   patches = [
@@ -23,18 +23,19 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   cmakeFlags = [
     "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON"
+    "-DCMAKE_SKIP_BUILD_RPATH=OFF" # for tests
   ];
 
   NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin
     "-Wno-nullability-extension -Wno-typedef-redefinition";
 
+  doCheck = true;
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "AWS SDK for C common core";
     homepage = "https://github.com/awslabs/aws-c-common";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ orivej eelco ];
-    # https://github.com/awslabs/aws-c-common/issues/754
-    broken = stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ orivej eelco r-burns ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/aws-c-io/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/aws-c-io/default.nix
index 373ea66a4b63..337149e6f8e3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/aws-c-io/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/aws-c-io/default.nix
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "aws-c-io";
-  version = "0.7.1";
+  version = "0.9.1";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "awslabs";
     repo = pname;
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-dDvq5clOUaPR7lOCJ/1g0lrCzVOmzwCnqHrBZfBewO4=";
+    sha256 = "0lx72p9xmmnjkz4zkfb1lz0ibw0jsy52qpydhvn56bq85nv44rwx";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix
index 50eb8d1a47e6..9ab08007ec71 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ common =
   , stateDir
   , confDir
   , withLibseccomp ? lib.any (lib.meta.platformMatch stdenv.hostPlatform) libseccomp.meta.platforms, libseccomp
-  , withAWS ? !enableStatic && !stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl && (stdenv.isLinux || stdenv.isDarwin), aws-sdk-cpp
+  , withAWS ? !enableStatic && (stdenv.isLinux || stdenv.isDarwin), aws-sdk-cpp
   , enableStatic ? stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic
   , name, suffix ? "", src
   , patches ? [ ]