diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/unit/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/http/unit/default.nix
index 43617f405760..139cdede3861 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/http/unit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/unit/default.nix
@@ -26,14 +26,14 @@ let
   php80-unit = php80.override phpConfig;
 
 in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "1.26.1";
+  version = "1.27.0";
   pname = "unit";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "nginx";
     repo = pname;
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "sha256-rTT7EJSHepGOwNXVqlOBOhZayZQXyNo3B2Oa1oLf2FI=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-H/WIrCyocEO/HZfVMyI9IwD565JsUIzC8n1qUYmCvWc=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ which ];
@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ${optionalString withRuby_2_7   "./configure ruby   --module=ruby27   --ruby=${ruby_2_7}/bin/ruby"}
   '';
 
+  postInstall = ''
+    rmdir $out/state
+  '';
+
   passthru.tests.unit-php = nixosTests.unit-php;
 
   meta = {