diff --git a/pkgs/servers/nosql/surrealdb/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/nosql/surrealdb/default.nix
index f6bca761f23..356903aabef 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/nosql/surrealdb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/nosql/surrealdb/default.nix
@@ -9,23 +9,27 @@
 , testers
 , surrealdb
 , SystemConfiguration
+, protobuf
 }:
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   pname = "surrealdb";
-  version = "1.0.0-beta.8";
+  version = "1.0.0-beta.9";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "surrealdb";
     repo = "surrealdb";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-zFqHwZUpwqvuqmS18bhlpAswD5EycB3pnZwSuN5Q2G4=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-GgRsRGYnaE2TssoXdubEuMEbLjM4woE3vxTxSlufquU=";
   };
 
-  cargoSha256 = "sha256-vaAfOsbIdQXpx7v4onXY1J8ANKCccVRuWxdvX5+f2no=";
+  cargoSha256 = "sha256-eLJ+sxsK45pkgNUYrNuUOAqutwIjvEhGGjsvwGzfVKI=";
 
   LIBCLANG_PATH = "${llvmPackages.libclang.lib}/lib";
 
+  PROTOC = "${protobuf}/bin/protoc";
+  PROTOC_INCLUDE = "${protobuf}/include";
+
   ROCKSDB_INCLUDE_DIR = "${rocksdb}/include";
   ROCKSDB_LIB_DIR = "${rocksdb}/lib";