diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/nexus.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/nexus.nix
index 3af97e146d0..d4d507362c9 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/nexus.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/nexus.nix
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ in
           -Dkaraf.data=${cfg.home}/nexus3
           -Djava.io.tmpdir=${cfg.home}/nexus3/tmp
           -Dkaraf.startLocalConsole=false
+          -Djava.endorsed.dirs=${cfg.package}/lib/endorsed
         '';
 
         description = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/repository-managers/nexus/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/repository-managers/nexus/default.nix
index acf9d03843d..95a9e78383f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/repository-managers/nexus/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/repository-managers/nexus/default.nix
@@ -2,13 +2,15 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "nexus";
-  version = "3.18.1-01";
+  version = "3.19.1-01";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://sonatype-download.global.ssl.fastly.net/nexus/3/nexus-${version}-unix.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0z3hb1ha0yvi09hrndrzzh95g3m42pfsi0gzw7hfx9r0n8r2qgkd";
+    sha256 = "0kjzp5n6pkgx5s21jfmh6pbgnjlvs89kcjqikv4lgc5yia264bks";
   };
 
+  preferLocalBuild = true;
+
   sourceRoot = "${pname}-${version}";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];