diff --git a/nixos/tests/slurm.nix b/nixos/tests/slurm.nix
index 720c36d472e..4c2cd3c3d26 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/slurm.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/slurm.nix
@@ -135,8 +135,8 @@ in {
 
   subtest "check_slurm_dbd", sub {
     # find the srun job from above in the database
-    sleep 2;
-    $submit->succeed("sacct | grep hostname");
+    sleep 5;
+    $control->succeed("sacct | grep hostname");
   };
   '';
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/computing/slurm/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/computing/slurm/default.nix
index 477f340e067..b1233b76464 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/computing/slurm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/computing/slurm/default.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "slurm-${version}";
-  version = "18.08.7.1";
+  version = "19.05.0.1";
 
   # N.B. We use github release tags instead of https://www.schedmd.com/downloads.php
   # because the latter does not keep older releases.
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     repo = "slurm";
     # The release tags use - instead of .
     rev = "${builtins.replaceStrings ["."] ["-"] name}";
-    sha256 = "13asdirygkp0mmi2da0094c9h180nl7nb7nkj4j9d842xzw21454";
+    sha256 = "0cc1lac7x00s1zz8p9sbaj6zg4yf4ngr0ldszhpxpvykhx9wzfay";
   };
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];