diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/nix-plugins/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/nix-plugins/default.nix
index c4a30f52b050..ff8a54f87f2a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/nix-plugins/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/nix-plugins/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, nix, cmake, pkgconfig, boost }:
-let version = "4.0.4"; in
+let version = "4.0.5"; in
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "nix-plugins-${version}";
 
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     owner = "shlevy";
     repo = "nix-plugins";
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "02lz62n55pvqin4x44qlxb5knrapyckmj9k8ggk4qxgb36368ifn";
+    sha256 = "170f365rnik62fp9wllbqlspr8lf1yb96pmn2z708i2wjlkdnrny";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkgconfig ];
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d8df999e5bad..c4ab8d37c98b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10850,9 +10850,7 @@ with pkgs;
   };
   libnghttp2 = nghttp2.lib;
 
-  nix-plugins = callPackage ../development/libraries/nix-plugins {
-    nix = nixUnstable;
-  };
+  nix-plugins = callPackage ../development/libraries/nix-plugins {};
 
   nlohmann_json = callPackage ../development/libraries/nlohmann_json { };