diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/tuptime.nix b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/tuptime.nix
index ffe24c0ef0be..770fbee2a844 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/tuptime.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/tuptime.nix
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ in {
       services = {
 
         tuptime = {
-          description = "the total uptime service";
+          description = "The total uptime service";
           documentation = [ "man:tuptime(1)" ];
           after = [ "time-sync.target" ];
           wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
@@ -59,10 +59,9 @@ in {
           };
         };
 
-        tuptime-oneshot = mkIf cfg.timer.enable {
-          description = "the tuptime scheduled execution unit";
+        tuptime-sync = mkIf cfg.timer.enable {
+          description = "Tuptime scheduled sync service";
           serviceConfig = {
-            StateDirectory = "tuptime";
             Type = "oneshot";
             User = "_tuptime";
             ExecStart = "${pkgs.tuptime}/bin/tuptime -x";
@@ -70,8 +69,8 @@ in {
         };
       };
 
-      timers.tuptime = mkIf cfg.timer.enable {
-        description = "the tuptime scheduled execution timer";
+      timers.tuptime-sync = mkIf cfg.timer.enable {
+        description = "Tuptime scheduled sync timer";
         # this timer should be started if the service is started
         # even if the timer was previously stopped
         wantedBy = [ "tuptime.service" "timers.target" ];
@@ -80,7 +79,7 @@ in {
         timerConfig = {
           OnBootSec = "1min";
           OnCalendar = cfg.timer.period;
-          Unit = "tuptime-oneshot.service";
+          Unit = "tuptime-sync.service";
         };
       };
     };
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/tuptime/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/tuptime/default.nix
index 7c13df3ec15e..d7034dd76223 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/tuptime/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/tuptime/default.nix
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "tuptime";
-  version = "5.1.0";
+  version = "5.2.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "rfrail3";
     repo = "tuptime";
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "sha256-6N4dqgLOhWqVR8GqlBUxHWy10AHBZ4aZbdkw5SOxxBQ=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-s0VtKOaSPQlF58/2m/DwYDuHHPGnHVAJMA/p3hISTNE=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper installShellFiles ];
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Total uptime & downtime statistics utility";
     homepage = "https://github.com/rfrail3/tuptime";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/rfrail3/tuptime/blob/master/CHANGELOG";
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = platforms.all;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.evils ];