diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/nix-plugins/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/nix-plugins/default.nix
index 8ccaf726e6b0..bf48997c2799 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 }:
-let version = "3.0.1"; in
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, nix, cmake, pkgconfig, boost }:
+let version = "4.0.1"; in
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "nix-plugins-${version}";
 
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     owner = "shlevy";
     repo = "nix-plugins";
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "1pmk2m0kc6a3jqygm5cy1fl5gbcy0ghc2xs4ww0gh20walrys82r";
+    sha256 = "1v7wf9l1zjlvpy23v03q5lc8d16isqb7wv1nqry1jjm0bcva72jg";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkgconfig ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ nix ];
+  buildInputs = [ nix boost ];
 
   meta = {
     description = "Collection of miscellaneous plugins for the nix expression language";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index cdcabc0f51e0..a16b2e5d58cb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10686,7 +10686,9 @@ with pkgs;
   };
   libnghttp2 = nghttp2.lib;
 
-  nix-plugins = callPackage ../development/libraries/nix-plugins { };
+  nix-plugins = callPackage ../development/libraries/nix-plugins {
+    nix = nixUnstable;
+  };
 
   nlohmann_json = callPackage ../development/libraries/nlohmann_json { };