diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/wolfssl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/wolfssl/default.nix
index 02e7e1d80008..86f0c8f40055 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/wolfssl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/wolfssl/default.nix
@@ -7,19 +7,22 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "wolfssl";
-  version = "5.4.0";
+  version = "5.5.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "wolfSSL";
     repo = "wolfssl";
     rev = "v${version}-stable";
-    sha256 = "sha256-5a83Mi+S+mASdZ6O2+0I+qulsF6yNUe80a3qZvWmXHw=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-PqxwWPK5eBcS5d6e0CL4uZHybDye1K8pxniKU99YSAE=";
   };
 
   postPatch = ''
     patchShebangs ./scripts
     # ocsp tests require network access
     sed -i -e '/ocsp\.test/d' -e '/ocsp-stapling\.test/d' scripts/include.am
+    # ensure test detects musl-based systems too
+    substituteInPlace scripts/ocsp-stapling2.test \
+      --replace '"linux-gnu"' '"linux-"'
   '';
 
   # Almost same as Debian but for now using --enable-all --enable-reproducible-build instead of --enable-distro to ensure options.h gets installed