diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/emilua/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/emilua/default.nix
index a938d19736ec..341888f6cda7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/emilua/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/emilua/default.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 , re2c
 , gperf
 , gawk
-, xxd
 , pkg-config
 , boost182
 , fmt
@@ -18,6 +17,8 @@
 , libcap
 , liburing
 , openssl
+, cereal
+, cmake
 , asciidoctor
 }:
 
@@ -40,13 +41,13 @@ let
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "emilua";
-  version = "0.4.3";
+  version = "0.5.1";
 
   src = fetchFromGitLab {
       owner = "emilua";
       repo = "emilua";
       rev = "v${version}";
-      hash = "sha256-vZITPQ1qUHhw24c0HKdR6VenviOc6JizQQ8w7K94irc=";
+      hash = "sha256-5NzxZHdQGw3qLEzW/mv1sLCuqehn5pjUYkCna4PUzDQ=";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [
@@ -59,19 +60,22 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     libcap
     liburing
     openssl
+    cereal
   ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     re2c
     gperf
     gawk
-    xxd
     pkg-config
     asciidoctor
     meson
+    cmake
     ninja
   ];
 
+  dontUseCmakeConfigure = true;
+
   # Meson is no longer able to pick up Boost automatically.
   # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/86131
   env = {
@@ -80,13 +84,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   mesonFlags = [
-    "-Dversion_suffix=-nixpkgs1"
-    "-Denable_http=true"
-    "-Denable_file_io=true"
-    "-Denable_io_uring=true"
-    "-Denable_linux_namespaces=true"
-    "-Denable_tests=true"
-    "-Denable_manpages=true"
+    (lib.mesonOption "version_suffix" "-nixpkgs1")
+    (lib.mesonBool "enable_http" true)
+    (lib.mesonBool "enable_file_io" true)
+    (lib.mesonBool "enable_io_uring" true)
+    (lib.mesonBool "enable_tests" true)
+    (lib.mesonBool "enable_manpages" true)
   ];
 
   postPatch = ''