diff --git a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/litecoin/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/litecoin/default.nix
index 736cd9637da9..d150d7347493 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/litecoin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/litecoin/default.nix
@@ -6,23 +6,24 @@
 , withGui ? true, libevent
 , qtbase, qttools
 , zeromq
+, fmt
 }:
 
 with lib;
 
 mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "litecoin" + optionalString (!withGui) "d";
-  version = "0.18.1";
+  version = "0.21.2.1";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "litecoin-project";
     repo = "litecoin";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "11753zhyx1kmrlljc6kbjwrcb06dfcrsqvmw3iaki9a132qk6l5c";
+    sha256 = "sha256-WJFdac5hGrHy9o3HzjS91zH+4EtJY7kUJAQK+aZaEyo=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config autoreconfHook ];
-  buildInputs = [ openssl db48 boost zlib zeromq
+  buildInputs = [ openssl db48 boost zlib zeromq fmt
                   miniupnpc glib protobuf util-linux libevent ]
                   ++ optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ AppKit ]
                   ++ optionals withGui [ qtbase qttools qrencode ];
@@ -34,6 +35,11 @@ mkDerivation rec {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
+  doCheck = true;
+  checkPhase = ''
+    ./src/test/test_litecoin
+  '';
+
   meta = {
     broken = (stdenv.isLinux && stdenv.isAarch64) || stdenv.isDarwin;
     description = "A lite version of Bitcoin using scrypt as a proof-of-work algorithm";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 9abde7714b03..c75c37fbd386 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -32040,8 +32040,9 @@ with pkgs;
 
   lightning-pool = callPackage ../applications/blockchains/lightning-pool { };
 
-  litecoin  = libsForQt514.callPackage ../applications/blockchains/litecoin {
+  litecoin  = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/blockchains/litecoin {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) AppKit;
+    boost = pkgs.boost174;
   };
   litecoind = litecoin.override { withGui = false; };