diff --git a/srcpkgs/prosody/files/prosody.cfg.lua b/srcpkgs/prosody/files/prosody.cfg.lua
index 4f0d2d1ba93a16..f0a961349d3f83 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/prosody/files/prosody.cfg.lua
+++ b/srcpkgs/prosody/files/prosody.cfg.lua
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 
 
 ------ Void settings ------
-daemonize = false;
 pidfile = "/run/prosody/prosody.pid"
 
 ---------- Server-wide settings ----------
diff --git a/srcpkgs/prosody/files/prosody/run b/srcpkgs/prosody/files/prosody/run
index e302e315d8676e..6425cdbb513fcb 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/prosody/files/prosody/run
+++ b/srcpkgs/prosody/files/prosody/run
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 exec 2>&1
 mkdir -p /run/prosody
 chown prosody:prosody /run/prosody
-exec chpst -u prosody:prosody prosody
+exec chpst -u prosody:prosody prosody --no-daemonize
diff --git a/srcpkgs/prosody/template b/srcpkgs/prosody/template
index aa59bebadba329..261ca776c1f36b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/prosody/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/prosody/template
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 # Template file for 'prosody'
 pkgname=prosody
-version=0.12.1
-revision=4
+version=0.12.4
+revision=1
 build_style=configure
 configure_args="
  --ostype=linux
  --prefix=/usr
  --no-example-certs
- --with-lua-include=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/include/lua5.1
+ --with-lua-include=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/include/lua5.4
  --with-lua=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr
- --lua-version=5.1
- --lua-suffix=5.1
- --runwith=lua5.1"
+ --lua-version=5.4
+ --lua-suffix=5.4
+ --runwith=lua5.4"
 conf_files="
  /etc/prosody/prosody.cfg.lua
  /etc/prosody/certs/localhost.cnf
@@ -19,16 +19,15 @@ conf_files="
  /etc/prosody/certs/makefile
  /etc/prosody/certs/GNUmakefile"
 make_dirs="/var/lib/prosody 0755 prosody prosody"
-makedepends="lua51-devel openssl-devel libidn-devel icu-devel"
-depends="lua51-luasocket lua51-luafilesystem lua51-luaexpat lua51-luasec
- lua51-BitOp"
+makedepends="lua54-devel openssl-devel libidn-devel icu-devel"
+depends="lua54-luasocket lua54-luafilesystem lua54-luaexpat lua54-luasec lua54-unbound"
 short_desc="Lightweight and extensible Jabber/XMPP server written in Lua"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="https://prosody.im/"
 changelog="https://prosody.im/doc/release/${version}"
 distfiles="https://prosody.im/downloads/source/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=a7ecbbe41f01a4251805593ac6d15dbc6cb75d9c7a876c76b456cf74ff4b90e5
+checksum=47d712273c2f29558c412f6cdaec073260bbc26b7dda243db580330183d65856
 
 system_accounts="prosody"
 prosody_homedir="/var/lib/prosody"