diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/gitea.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/gitea.nix
index 7daa2dd0d4c..d1807a90619 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/misc/gitea.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/gitea.nix
@@ -307,6 +307,7 @@ in
     systemd.tmpfiles.rules = [
       "d '${cfg.stateDir}' - ${cfg.user} gitea - -"
       "d '${cfg.stateDir}/conf' - ${cfg.user} gitea - -"
+      "d '${cfg.stateDir}/custom' - ${cfg.user} gitea - -"
       "d '${cfg.stateDir}/custom/conf' - ${cfg.user} gitea - -"
       "d '${cfg.repositoryRoot}' - ${cfg.user} gitea - -"
       "Z '${cfg.stateDir}' - ${cfg.user} gitea - -"
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitea/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitea/default.nix
index 5b46228a116..748e473be3d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitea/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/gitea/default.nix
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ with stdenv.lib;
 
 buildGoPackage rec {
   pname = "gitea";
-  version = "1.8.2";
+  version = "1.8.3";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "go-gitea";
     repo = "gitea";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "1fs3cbs3zd1cj076w4nfn3dbgx529z0h4c0mghxcg2flxr3jm71a";
+    sha256 = "1q3wslf9s4dg7h1f41rh9rb7qlbsqz8k3xffmlzdbbgfdrm7sym1";
     # Required to generate the same checksum on MacOS due to unicode encoding differences
     # More information: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/48128
     extraPostFetch = ''