diff --git a/hosts/common/programs/assorted.nix b/hosts/common/programs/assorted.nix
index f709941a8..070f8d3f7 100644
--- a/hosts/common/programs/assorted.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/programs/assorted.nix
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ in
     #   - dev?
     #   - debugging?
     consoleUtils = declPackageSet [
-      "alsaUtils"  # for aplay, speaker-test
+      "alsa-utils"  # for aplay, speaker-test
       # "cdrtools"
       # "clinfo"
       # "dmidecode"
@@ -417,10 +417,10 @@ in
 
     # INDIVIDUAL PACKAGE DEFINITIONS
 
-    # alsaUtils amixer, aplay, speaker-test, ...
-    alsaUtils.sandbox.whitelistAudio = true;  #< not strictly necessary?
-    alsaUtils.sandbox.extraPaths = [ "/dev/snd" ];
-    alsaUtils.sandbox.autodetectCliPaths = "existingFile";  # for `aplay ./file.wav`
+    # alsa-utils amixer, aplay, speaker-test, ...
+    alsa-utils.sandbox.whitelistAudio = true;  #< not strictly necessary?
+    alsa-utils.sandbox.extraPaths = [ "/dev/snd" ];
+    alsa-utils.sandbox.autodetectCliPaths = "existingFile";  # for `aplay ./file.wav`
 
     backblaze-b2 = {};
 
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/nixpkgs-bootstrap/master.nix b/pkgs/by-name/nixpkgs-bootstrap/master.nix
index 092156a42..52bc53f5e 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/nixpkgs-bootstrap/master.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/nixpkgs-bootstrap/master.nix
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
   mkNixpkgs ? import ./mkNixpkgs.nix {}
 }:
 mkNixpkgs {
-  rev = "d0864b0cf7df796aace596126c76b1ef4cffee51";
-  sha256 = "sha256-PGY0lnctAIKqZYAY5yhX/x5iGvyRURggYFOdmonCZig=";
-  version = "0-unstable-2024-10-16";
+  rev = "64b2308de14a14ed70e1133f59abe42b3b6e980a";
+  sha256 = "sha256-dQ85bJURM14+LCkCUHG+ANoDHzSkEPg3dLQ5tUlnRD0=";
+  version = "0-unstable-2024-10-21";
   branch = "master";
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/nixpkgs-bootstrap/staging-next.nix b/pkgs/by-name/nixpkgs-bootstrap/staging-next.nix
index d662a27d1..f6b1f80e9 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/nixpkgs-bootstrap/staging-next.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/nixpkgs-bootstrap/staging-next.nix
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
   mkNixpkgs ? import ./mkNixpkgs.nix {}
 }:
 mkNixpkgs {
-  rev = "a14c2b963237a5f7f6847eb5f7dd342da2c56c35";
-  sha256 = "sha256-twewCHu8RICraLIxyZvCLVVV/e1fBezxcc/S6WMNm+M=";
-  version = "0-unstable-2024-10-16";
+  rev = "557897f89c316b46ba5ac3d7a0014bd42e2782ab";
+  sha256 = "sha256-zPTvKD4FjL7TNjt68UYuDHVqKbRfyH1h5ppBSvhClNY=";
+  version = "0-unstable-2024-10-21";
   branch = "staging-next";
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/nixpkgs-bootstrap/staging.nix b/pkgs/by-name/nixpkgs-bootstrap/staging.nix
index b472109ce..7de6822b2 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/nixpkgs-bootstrap/staging.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/nixpkgs-bootstrap/staging.nix
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
   mkNixpkgs ? import ./mkNixpkgs.nix {}
 }:
 mkNixpkgs {
-  rev = "0d7fbcdaa1d959bac0ade9eff3c256a5caac050a";
-  sha256 = "sha256-mnMu4/shg9JbO/Fc3YOXnVFgbGWNzx0pRJOA4WdfyOA=";
-  version = "0-unstable-2024-10-16";
+  rev = "a6e22b791a49a047ea44b8044d5395ee59d8f540";
+  sha256 = "sha256-OSLsEctqhqOjj4ut+sOCv3vG2G0VOi0/QnK9l59nH4I=";
+  version = "0-unstable-2024-10-21";
   branch = "staging";
 }