diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/dns/client.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/dns/client.nix
index 0dd0541138c8..a6dc40de24ea 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/dns/client.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/dns/client.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 { lib, buildDunePackage, dns, ocaml_lwt, mirage-clock, mirage-time
-, mirage-random, mirage-stack, mirage-crypto-rng, mtime, randomconv }:
+, mirage-random, mirage-stack, mirage-crypto-rng, mtime, randomconv
+, cstruct, fmt, logs, rresult, domain-name, ipaddr, alcotest }:
 
 buildDunePackage {
   pname = "dns-client";
@@ -7,8 +8,11 @@ buildDunePackage {
 
   useDune2 = true;
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ dns mtime ocaml_lwt randomconv mirage-clock mirage-time
-                            mirage-random mirage-stack mirage-crypto-rng ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ cstruct fmt logs dns rresult randomconv domain-name ipaddr
+                            ocaml_lwt mirage-stack mirage-random mirage-time mirage-clock
+                            mtime mirage-crypto-rng ];
+  checkInputs = [ alcotest ];
+  doCheck = true;
 
   meta = dns.meta // {
     description = "Pure DNS resolver API";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/dns/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/dns/default.nix
index 01bbffd40b94..68a8ad8da4ed 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/dns/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/dns/default.nix
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 { lib, buildDunePackage, fetchurl, alcotest
-, cstruct, domain-name, duration, gmap, ipaddr, logs, lru, metrics, ptime, rresult
+, cstruct, domain-name, duration, gmap, ipaddr, logs, lru, metrics, ptime, rresult, astring, fmt
 }:
 
 buildDunePackage rec {
   pname = "dns";
-  version = "4.5.0";
+  version = "4.6.0";
 
   minimumOCamlVersion = "4.07";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://github.com/mirage/ocaml-dns/releases/download/v${version}/dns-v${version}.tbz";
-    sha256 = "10jrnnxvp06rvzk285wibyi9hn15qhjnqjy9xsfbwl8yhmzzqnq0";
+    sha256 = "1gkswpc91j4ps60bp52ggg4qwj5g88f49x6p6d619p4x8vmhjylv";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ cstruct domain-name duration gmap ipaddr logs lru metrics ptime rresult ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ rresult astring fmt logs ptime domain-name gmap cstruct ipaddr lru duration metrics ];
 
   doCheck = true;
   checkInputs = lib.optional doCheck alcotest;