diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ndn-cxx/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ndn-cxx/default.nix
index e7cc6e705b67..c7977ed89d99 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/ndn-cxx/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ndn-cxx/default.nix
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "--with-tests"
   ];
 
-  doCheck = false;
+  doCheck = false; # some tests fail in upstream, some fail because of the sandbox environment
   checkPhase = ''
     runHook preCheck
-    LD_PRELOAD=build/libndn-cxx.so build/unit-tests # some tests fail in upstream, some fail because of the sandbox environment
+    LD_PRELOAD=build/libndn-cxx.so build/unit-tests
     runHook postCheck
   '';
 
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/nfd/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/nfd/default.nix
index 58c4dd42936e..87ce4ce1889f 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/nfd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/nfd/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { lib
 , stdenv
-, boost175
+, boost
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , libpcap
 , ndn-cxx
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "nfd";
-  version = "0.7.1";
+  version = "22.12";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "named-data";
     repo = lib.toUpper pname;
     rev = "NFD-${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-8Zm8oxbpw9qD31NuofDdgPYnTWIz5E04NhkZhiRkK9E=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-epY5qtET7rsKL3KIKvxfa+wF+AGZbYs+zRhy8SnIffk=";
     fetchSubmodules = true;
   };
 
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ libpcap ndn-cxx openssl websocketpp ] ++ lib.optional withSystemd systemd;
 
   wafConfigureFlags = [
-    "--boost-includes=${boost175.dev}/include"
-    "--boost-libs=${boost175.out}/lib"
+    "--boost-includes=${boost.dev}/include"
+    "--boost-libs=${boost.out}/lib"
     "--with-tests"
   ] ++ lib.optional (!withWebSocket) "--without-websocket";
 
@@ -50,6 +50,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     description = "Named Data Networking (NDN) Forwarding Daemon";
     license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
-    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.bertof ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ bertof ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/ndn-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/ndn-tools/default.nix
index 9ab84724d078..425ddb440435 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/ndn-tools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/ndn-tools/default.nix
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "--with-tests"
   ];
 
-  doCheck = false;
+  doCheck = false; # some tests fail because of the sandbox environment
   checkPhase = ''
     runHook preCheck
-    build/unit-tests # some tests fail because of the sandbox environment
+    build/unit-tests
     runHook postCheck
   '';