diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/watchexec/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/watchexec/default.nix
index ce525dd98dd..b9be5982f77 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/watchexec/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/watchexec/default.nix
@@ -1,21 +1,21 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, rustPlatform, fetchFromGitHub, CoreServices, installShellFiles, libiconv }:
+{ lib, stdenv, rustPlatform, fetchFromGitHub, CoreServices, Foundation, installShellFiles, libiconv }:
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   pname = "watchexec";
-  version = "1.15.1";
+  version = "1.17.1";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = pname;
     repo = pname;
-    rev = version;
-    sha256 = "1xznhfljvsvc0ykv5h1wg31n93v96lvhbxfhavxivq3b0xh5vxrw";
+    rev = "cli-v${version}";
+    sha256 = "13yqghdhakkwp607j84a1vbqgnqqn77a5mh27cr24352ik2vkrkq";
   };
 
-  cargoSha256 = "00dampnsnpzmchjcn0j5zslx17i0qgrv99gq772n0683m1l2lfq3";
+  cargoSha256 = "0grzfzxw705zs5qb2h7k0yws45m20ihhh4mnpmk3wargbxpn6gsh";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ installShellFiles ];
 
-  buildInputs = lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ CoreServices libiconv ];
+  buildInputs = lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ CoreServices Foundation libiconv ];
 
   postInstall = ''
     installManPage doc/watchexec.1
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Executes commands in response to file modifications";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/watchexec/watchexec";
+    homepage = "https://watchexec.github.io/";
     license = with licenses; [ asl20 ];
     maintainers = [ maintainers.michalrus ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 7e1e26856b5..dc537cb16b0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10157,7 +10157,7 @@ with pkgs;
   wal_e = callPackage ../tools/backup/wal-e { };
 
   watchexec = callPackage ../tools/misc/watchexec {
-    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) CoreServices;
+    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) CoreServices Foundation;
   };
 
   watchman = callPackage ../development/tools/watchman {