diff --git a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
index f61c89ec544a..6b01f6100a4a 100644
--- a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
+++ b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
@@ -14866,6 +14866,12 @@
     githubId = 7365864;
     name = "Rafael Varago";
   };
+  rvdp = {
+    email = "ramses@well-founded.dev";
+    github = "R-VdP";
+    githubId = 141248;
+    name = "Ramses";
+  };
   rvl = {
     email = "dev+nix@rodney.id.au";
     github = "rvl";
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firmware/fwupd/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firmware/fwupd/default.nix
index 371e13de589e..25bce432bc5f 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firmware/fwupd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firmware/fwupd/default.nix
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ let
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "fwupd";
-  version = "1.9.3";
+  version = "1.9.4";
 
   # libfwupd goes to lib
   # daemon, plug-ins and libfwupdplugin go to out
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     owner = "fwupd";
     repo = "fwupd";
     rev = finalAttrs.version;
-    hash = "sha256-IVP5RVHRxWkvPqndiuCxiguYWN5d32qJo9YzBOHoyUk";
+    hash = "sha256-xjN6nHqg7sQzgojClySQEjLQBdI5291TxPhgLjKzKvk=";
   };
 
   patches = [
@@ -212,9 +212,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     "-Dplugin_dummy=true"
     # We are building the official releases.
     "-Dsupported_build=enabled"
-    # Would dlopen libsoup to preserve compatibility with clients linking against older fwupd.
-    # https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd/commit/173d389fa59d8db152a5b9da7cc1171586639c97
-    "-Dsoup_session_compat=false"
     "-Dudevdir=lib/udev"
     "-Dsystemd_root_prefix=${placeholder "out"}"
     "-Dinstalled_test_prefix=${placeholder "installedTests"}"
@@ -399,7 +396,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://fwupd.org/";
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ rvdp ];
     license = licenses.lgpl21Plus;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
   };