diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/himalaya/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/himalaya/default.nix
index 1c2d41100863..a9ab058af6b9 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/himalaya/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/himalaya/default.nix
@@ -12,16 +12,16 @@
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   pname = "himalaya";
-  version = "0.5.8";
+  version = "0.5.9";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "soywod";
     repo = pname;
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-Ejaspj0YpkGmfO1omOhx8ZDg77J7NqC32mw5Cd3K1FM=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-g+ySsHnJ4FpmJLEjlutuiJmMkKI3Jb+HkWi1WBIo1aw=";
   };
 
-  cargoSha256 = "sha256-xce2iHrqTxIirrut4dN7526pjE4T+ruaDS44jr+KeGs=";
+  cargoSha256 = "sha256-NkkONl57zSilElVAOXUBxWnims4+EIVkkTdExbeBAaQ=";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = lib.optionals enableCompletions [ installShellFiles ]
     ++ lib.optionals (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin) [ pkg-config ];
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
       openssl
     ];
 
+  # flag added because without end-to-end testing is ran which requires
+  # additional tooling and servers to test
   cargoTestFlags = [ "--lib" ];
 
   postInstall = lib.optionalString enableCompletions ''
@@ -45,7 +47,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "CLI email client written in Rust";
+    description = "Command-line interface for email management";
     homepage = "https://github.com/soywod/himalaya";
     changelog = "https://github.com/soywod/himalaya/blob/v${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
     license = licenses.bsdOriginal;