diff --git a/pkgs/servers/news/leafnode/1.nix b/pkgs/servers/news/leafnode/1.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..377fbe2a7a2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/news/leafnode/1.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, pcre2 }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "leafnode";
+  version = "1.12.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/leafnode/leafnode/${version}/leafnode-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "sha256-tGfOcyH2F6IeglfY00u199eKusnn6HeqD7or3Oz3ed4=";
+  };
+
+  configureFlags = [
+    "--with-ipv6"
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ pcre2 ];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://leafnode.sourceforge.io/index.shtml";
+    description = "Implementation of a store & forward NNTP proxy, stable release";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.ne9z ];
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/news/leafnode/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/news/leafnode/default.nix
index 32c59aea2bd3..0961bfdcdf6c 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/news/leafnode/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/news/leafnode/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetchurl, pcre, libxcrypt }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "leafnode";
-  version = "2.0.0.alpha20121101a.12";
+  version = "2.0.0.alpha20140727b";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "http://home.pages.de/~mandree/leafnode/beta/leafnode-2.0.0.alpha20121101a.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "096w4gxj08m3vwmyv4sxpmbl8dn6mzqfmrhc32jgyca6qzlrdin8";
+    url = "http://krusty.dt.e-technik.tu-dortmund.de/~ma/leafnode/beta/leafnode-${version}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "sha256-NOuiy7uHG3JMjV3UAtHDWK6yG6QmvrVljhVe0NdGEHU=";
   };
 
   configureFlags = [ "--enable-runas-user=nobody" ];
@@ -15,24 +15,25 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     substituteInPlace Makefile.in --replace 02770 0770
   '';
 
+  # configure uses id to check environment; we don't want this check
   preConfigure = ''
-    # configure uses id to check environment; we don't want this check
     sed -re 's/^ID[=].*/ID="echo whatever"/' -i configure
   '';
 
+  # The is_validfqdn is far too restrictive, and only allows
+  # Internet-facing servers to run.  In order to run leafnode via
+  # localhost only, we need to disable this check.
   postConfigure = ''
-      # The is_validfqdn is far too restrictive, and only allows
-      # Internet-facing servers to run.  In order to run leafnode via
-      # localhost only, we need to disable this check.
-      sed -i validatefqdn.c -e 's/int is_validfqdn(const char \*f) {/int is_validfqdn(const char *f) { return 1;/;'
+    sed -i validatefqdn.c -e 's/int is_validfqdn(const char \*f) {/int is_validfqdn(const char *f) { return 1;/;'
   '';
 
   buildInputs = [ pcre libxcrypt ];
 
   meta = {
-    homepage = "http://leafnode.sourceforge.net/";
-    description = "Implementation of a store & forward NNTP proxy";
+    homepage = "https://leafnode.sourceforge.io/index.shtml";
+    description = "Implementation of a store & forward NNTP proxy, under development";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
     platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.ne9z ];
   };
-}
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 128ce981e339..8aed8f81e818 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -26444,6 +26444,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   leafnode = callPackage ../servers/news/leafnode { };
 
+  leafnode1 = callPackage ../servers/news/leafnode/1.nix { };
+
   lemmy-server = callPackage ../servers/web-apps/lemmy/server.nix {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Security;
   };