diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ff/ffado/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ff/ffado/package.nix
index 64842a377e6e..3f2c8adfb0ca 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ff/ffado/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ff/ffado/package.nix
@@ -5,12 +5,11 @@
   dbus,
   dbus_cplusplus,
   fetchurl,
-  glibmm_2_4,
   libavc1394,
   libconfig,
   libiec61883,
   libraw1394,
-  libxmlxx3,
+  expat,
   pkg-config,
   python3,
   scons,
@@ -37,7 +36,7 @@ let
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "ffado";
-  version = "2.4.9";
+  version = "2.5.0";
 
   outputs = [
     "out"
@@ -47,7 +46,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://www.ffado.org/files/libffado-${version}.tgz";
-    hash = "sha256-xELFL60Ryv1VE7tOhGyFHxAchIT4karFRe0ZDo/U0Q8=";
+    hash = "sha256-JcEtk9U5iPPK+ZZSNu03nxZ6vePqTMYzsTTuYlTYfKE=";
   };
 
   prePatch = ''
@@ -93,17 +92,17 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "BINDIR=${placeholder "bin"}/bin"
     "INCLUDEDIR=${placeholder "dev"}/include"
     "PYTHON_INTERPRETER=${python.interpreter}"
+    "SERIALIZE_USE_EXPAT=True"
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
     dbus
     dbus_cplusplus
-    glibmm_2_4
     libavc1394
     libconfig
     libiec61883
     libraw1394
-    libxmlxx3
+    expat
     python
   ]
   ++ lib.optionals (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isGnu) [