diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/dqlite/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/dqlite/default.nix
index aed7dc59bcb..9ebdeda781d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/dqlite/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/dqlite/default.nix
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ with stdenv.lib;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "dqlite";
-  version = "1.4.1";
+  version = "1.4.4";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "canonical";
     repo = pname;
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "04h3wbfv6bkzzmcwaja33x2qkj3czn0p6fgbdgqd1xli8sx2c2k4";
+    sha256 = "0wm7vkapjg8hdjm6bi48hwsf4w4ppgn3r655gqms5ssjxm50m15d";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook file pkgconfig ];
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sqlite-replication
   ];
 
-  # tests hang for ever on x86_64-linux
+  # tests fail
   doCheck = false;
 
   outputs = [ "dev" "out" ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/raft-canonical/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/raft-canonical/default.nix
index ed3d7ae9e70..68c4a95d0b6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/raft-canonical/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/raft-canonical/default.nix
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "raft-canonical";
-  version = "0.9.18";
+  version = "0.9.23";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "canonical";
     repo = "raft";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0f613aiyxqskz9d10f7r37ar9ngqsf9qsyk3jjf7s5l14wh6vl5k";
+    sha256 = "0swn95cf11fqczllmxr0nj3ig532rw4n3w6g3ckdnqka8520xjyr";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook file pkgconfig ];
@@ -18,13 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     substituteInPlace configure --replace /usr/bin/ " "
   '';
 
-  # test fails
-  #
-  #append/finalizeSegment                                      [ ERROR ]
-  #Error: test/integration/test_uv_append.c:264: assertion failed: test_dir_has_file(f->dir, "0000000000000001-0000000000000004") is not true
-  #Error: child killed by signal 6 (Aborted)
-
-  doCheck = false;
+  doCheck = true;
 
   outputs = [ "dev" "out" ];