diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2103.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2103.xml
index eccf2b69dad9..df39c6f64509 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2103.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2103.xml
@@ -58,8 +58,10 @@
   </para>
 
   <itemizedlist>
-   <listitem>
-    <para />
+    <listitem>
+      <para>
+        <literal>systemd-journal2gelf</literal> no longer parses json and expects the receiving system to handle it. How to achieve this with Graylog is described in this <link xlink:href="https://github.com/parse-nl/SystemdJournal2Gelf/issues/10">GitHub issue</link>.
+      </para>
    </listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
  </section>
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/systemd-journal2gelf/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/systemd-journal2gelf/default.nix
index 3f23624071f4..d10cbb197c50 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/systemd-journal2gelf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/systemd-journal2gelf/default.nix
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 buildGoPackage rec {
   pname = "SystemdJournal2Gelf-unstable";
-  version = "20190702";
+  version = "20200813";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    rev = "b1aa5ff31307d11a3c9b4dd08c3cd6230d935ec5";
+    rev = "d389dc8583b752cbd37c389a55a6c82200e47394";
     owner = "parse-nl";
     repo = "SystemdJournal2Gelf";
-    sha256 = "13jyh34wprjixinmh6l7wj7lr1f6qy6nrjcf8l29a74mczbphnvv";
+    sha256 = "0p38r5kdfcn6n2d44dygrs5xgv51s5qlsfhzzwn16r3n6x91s62b";
     fetchSubmodules = true;
   };