diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/rippled.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/rippled.nix
index 03fcc003a404..045330eb5513 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/misc/rippled.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/rippled.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ let
     protocol=${concatStringsSep "," p.protocol}
     ${optionalString (p.user != "") "user=${p.user}"}
     ${optionalString (p.password != "") "user=${p.password}"}
-    admin=${if p.admin then "allow" else "no"}
+    admin=${concatStringsSep "," p.admin}
     ${optionalString (p.ssl.key != null) "ssl_key=${p.ssl.key}"}
     ${optionalString (p.ssl.cert != null) "ssl_cert=${p.ssl.cert}"}
     ${optionalString (p.ssl.chain != null) "ssl_chain=${p.ssl.chain}"}
@@ -118,9 +118,9 @@ let
       };
 
       admin = mkOption {
-	description = "Controls whether or not administrative commands are allowed.";
-	type = types.bool;
-	default = false;
+	description = "A comma-separated list of admin IP addresses.";
+	type = types.listOf types.str;
+	default = ["127.0.0.1"];
       };
 
       ssl = {
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ let
   dbOptions = {
     type = mkOption {
       description = "Rippled database type.";
-      type = types.enum ["rocksdb" "nudb" "sqlite" "hyperleveldb"];
+      type = types.enum ["rocksdb" "nudb"];
       default = "rocksdb";
     };
 
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ in
 	default = {
 	  rpc = {
 	    port = 5005;
-	    admin = true;
+	    admin = ["127.0.0.1"];
 	    protocol = ["http"];
 	  };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/rippled/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/rippled/default.nix
index 6a09d683f8d1..99a6879ab925 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/rippled/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/rippled/default.nix
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "rippled-${version}";
-  version = "0.27.4";
+  version = "0.28.1";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "ripple";
     repo = "rippled";
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "13xg2baqcf2h1ww2yk371r27726iq8xb4brsj9rqv692aviblqs3";
+    sha256 = "0wh8dwdg0gp7smcx40cpqanl2m2hihmx3irqh692svakbl3df3vz";
   };
 
   postPatch = ''
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [ scons pkgconfig openssl protobuf boost zlib ];
 
-  buildPhase = "scons build/rippled";
+  buildPhase = "scons";
 
   installPhase = ''
     mkdir -p $out/bin
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 8d0a8f47d34d..85d8eb924b50 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8988,7 +8988,7 @@ let
   };
 
   rippled = callPackage ../servers/rippled {
-    boost = boost155;
+    boost = boost157;
   };
 
   ripple-rest = callPackage ../servers/rippled/ripple-rest.nix { };