diff --git a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/electrs/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/electrs/default.nix
index 84b2a2f736a1..13d0994799ab 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/electrs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/electrs/default.nix
@@ -3,10 +3,13 @@
 , rustPlatform
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , llvmPackages
-, rocksdb
+, rocksdb_6_23
 , Security
 }:
 
+let
+  rocksdb = rocksdb_6_23;
+in
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   pname = "electrs";
   version = "0.9.2";
@@ -24,12 +27,9 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ llvmPackages.clang ];
   LIBCLANG_PATH = "${llvmPackages.libclang.lib}/lib";
 
-  # temporarily disable dynamic linking, which broke with rocksdb update 6.23.3 -> 6.25.3
-  # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/143524#issuecomment-955053331
-  #
   # link rocksdb dynamically
-  # ROCKSDB_INCLUDE_DIR = "${rocksdb}/include";
-  # ROCKSDB_LIB_DIR = "${rocksdb}/lib";
+  ROCKSDB_INCLUDE_DIR = "${rocksdb}/include";
+  ROCKSDB_LIB_DIR = "${rocksdb}/lib";
 
   buildInputs = lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ Security ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/blockbook/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/blockbook/default.nix
index b10f8919af7a..475541231b16 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/blockbook/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/blockbook/default.nix
@@ -1,35 +1,35 @@
-{ lib, stdenv
+{ lib
+, stdenv
 , buildGoModule
 , fetchFromGitHub
-, packr
 , pkg-config
 , bzip2
 , lz4
-, rocksdb
+, rocksdb_6_23
 , snappy
 , zeromq
 , zlib
 , nixosTests
 }:
 
+let
+  rocksdb = rocksdb_6_23;
+in
 buildGoModule rec {
   pname = "blockbook";
-  version = "0.3.4";
-  commit = "eb4e10a";
+  version = "0.3.6";
+  commit = "5f8cf45";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "trezor";
     repo = "blockbook";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0da1kav5x2xcmwvdgfk1q70l1k0sqqj3njgx2xx885d40m6qbnrs";
+    sha256 = "1jb195chy3kbspmv9vyg7llw6kgykkmvz3znd97mxf24f4q622jv";
   };
 
-  runVend = true;
-  vendorSha256 = "0p7vyw61nwvmaz7gz2bdh9fi6wp62i2vnzw6iz2r8cims4sbz53b";
+  vendorSha256 = "0d17qaqn33wi7lzw4hlym56d9v4qnmvs6plpm5jiby2g5yckq0mz";
 
-  doCheck = false;
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ packr pkg-config ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
 
   buildInputs = [ bzip2 lz4 rocksdb snappy zeromq zlib ];
 
@@ -39,11 +39,14 @@ buildGoModule rec {
     "-X github.com/trezor/blockbook/common.buildDate=unknown"
   ];
 
+  tags = [ "rocksdb_6_16" ];
+
   preBuild = lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
     ulimit -n 8192
   '' + ''
     export CGO_LDFLAGS="-L${stdenv.cc.cc.lib}/lib -lrocksdb -lz -lbz2 -lsnappy -llz4 -lm -lstdc++"
-    packr clean && packr
+    buildFlagsArray+=("-tags=${lib.concatStringsSep " " tags}")
+    buildFlagsArray+=("-ldflags=${lib.concatStringsSep " " ldflags}")
   '';
 
   subPackages = [ "." ];
@@ -64,8 +67,5 @@ buildGoModule rec {
     license = licenses.agpl3;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ mmahut _1000101 ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
-    # go dependency tecbot/gorocksdb requires rocksdb 5.x but nixpkgs has only rocksdb 6.x
-    # issue in upstream can be tracked here: https://github.com/trezor/blockbook/issues/617
-    broken = true;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b176e38afe28..83e3dba01778 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -19323,6 +19323,17 @@ with pkgs;
 
   rocksdb_lite = rocksdb.override { enableLite = true; };
 
+  rocksdb_6_23 = rocksdb.overrideAttrs (old: rec {
+    pname = "rocksdb";
+    version = "6.23.3";
+    src = fetchFromGitHub {
+      owner = "facebook";
+      repo = pname;
+      rev = "v${version}";
+     sha256 = "sha256-SsDqhjdCdtIGNlsMj5kfiuS3zSGwcxi4KV71d95h7yk=";
+   };
+  });
+
   rotate-backups = callPackage ../tools/backup/rotate-backups { };
 
   rote = callPackage ../development/libraries/rote { };