diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/aws-c-common/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/aws-c-common/default.nix
index 36315aa8678..39fb5d7eb21 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/aws-c-common/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/aws-c-common/default.nix
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "aws-c-common";
-  version = "0.4.64";
+  version = "0.5.2";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "awslabs";
     repo = pname;
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-izEZMOPHj/9EL78b/t3M0Tki6eA8eRrpG7DO2tkpf1A=";
+    sha256 = "0rd2qzaa9mmn5f6f2bl1wgv54f17pqx3vwyy9f8ylh59qfnilpmg";
   };
 
   patches = [
@@ -23,18 +23,19 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   cmakeFlags = [
     "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON"
+    "-DCMAKE_SKIP_BUILD_RPATH=OFF" # for tests
   ];
 
   NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin
     "-Wno-nullability-extension -Wno-typedef-redefinition";
 
+  doCheck = true;
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "AWS SDK for C common core";
     homepage = "https://github.com/awslabs/aws-c-common";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ orivej eelco ];
-    # https://github.com/awslabs/aws-c-common/issues/754
-    broken = stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ orivej eelco r-burns ];
   };
 }