diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/su/surrealdb/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/su/surrealdb/package.nix
index 79c859684449..625d9f802d54 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/su/surrealdb/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/su/surrealdb/package.nix
@@ -16,16 +16,16 @@ let
 in
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   pname = "surrealdb";
-  version = "1.3.1";
+  version = "1.4.2";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "surrealdb";
     repo = "surrealdb";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-dnfgU7nTX3vvqN9Mox6USRfpFdEI/dAOKIVZ2Jd4t9o=";
+    hash = "sha256-LC/T+TkHdZ0uWaVQpR2Q9l0fShPL871rOfxxsXyJnvw=";
   };
 
-  cargoHash = "sha256-B+x+xEcwHqoYMolAuMQzSiO/QA1FiBGO3eis9kgN1S4=";
+  cargoHash = "sha256-1/l++iXiPCIwAVE8VQCSS++/9i3Kh1RNq3WnUjRy2fU=";
 
   # error: linker `aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc` not found
   postPatch = ''
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   ROCKSDB_INCLUDE_DIR = "${rocksdb}/include";
   ROCKSDB_LIB_DIR = "${rocksdb}/lib";
 
+  RUSTFLAGS = "--cfg surrealdb_unstable";
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     pkg-config
     rustPlatform.bindgenHook