diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/ndn-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/ndn-tools/default.nix
index 05804ab29c00..9ab84724d078 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/ndn-tools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/ndn-tools/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { lib
 , stdenv
-, boost175
+, boost
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , libpcap
 , ndn-cxx
@@ -12,28 +12,28 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "ndn-tools";
-  version = "0.7.1";
+  version = "22.12";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "named-data";
     repo = pname;
     rev = "ndn-tools-${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-3hE/esOcS/ln94wZIRVCLjWgouEYnJJf3EvirNEGTeA=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-28sPgo2nq5AhIzZmvDz38echGPzKDzNm2J6iIao4yL8=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config sphinx wafHook ];
   buildInputs = [ libpcap ndn-cxx openssl ];
 
   wafConfigureFlags = [
-    "--boost-includes=${boost175.dev}/include"
-    "--boost-libs=${boost175.out}/lib"
-    # "--with-tests"
+    "--boost-includes=${boost.dev}/include"
+    "--boost-libs=${boost.out}/lib"
+    "--with-tests"
   ];
 
   doCheck = false;
   checkPhase = ''
     runHook preCheck
-    build/unit-tests
+    build/unit-tests # some tests fail because of the sandbox environment
     runHook postCheck
   '';