diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sl/slimevr-server/deps.json b/pkgs/by-name/sl/slimevr-server/deps.json
index 0a9f2605b5b95..4358958894bef 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/sl/slimevr-server/deps.json
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/sl/slimevr-server/deps.json
@@ -27,17 +27,6 @@
   }
  },
  "https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots": {
-  "com/fazecast#jSerialComm/2.11.1-20240515.234541-3/SNAPSHOT": {
-   "jar": "sha256-n4A3U5elHQhq9b0YVgvWCuXAHqt0RzxL5e4Fe4iGTkM=",
-   "module": "sha256-xeVUO5f2Imx43EgYUI5vbLXyyEmJh/jT106eLUWtUYg=",
-   "pom": "sha256-y+ZXr7k89vlAHOMZmlTNYl8D0Nki+6CDame/QNX/e2M="
-  },
-  "com/fazecast/jSerialComm/2.11.1-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata": {
-   "xml": {
-    "groupId": "com.fazecast",
-    "lastUpdated": "20241221185706"
-   }
-  },
   "net/java/dev/jna#jna-platform/5.1.1-20181118.214522-1/SNAPSHOT": {
    "pom": "sha256-STVISbMwC8BymYDxq6UJhC3ZWqO+p7iA7lRW34ZcX6g="
   },
@@ -560,6 +549,11 @@
   "com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat#jackson-dataformats-text/2.15.1": {
    "pom": "sha256-xLCopnocY3IgeJlhd5bYafE/UerrGsN/wHqcpxPaQjU="
   },
+  "com/fazecast#jSerialComm/2.11.2": {
+   "jar": "sha256-IG2ScOZI3wMyR+deuECTpek9ePB8U+X+H6n8SmAaxXY=",
+   "module": "sha256-9ogHv84GSzOaAwFlbzbffC8GORkp7GKOyGyOMK7bufw=",
+   "pom": "sha256-jc/TZu3kSH1ZOSy+OvUaN3cUT09dRPinstTcvwBB38I="
+  },
   "com/github/jonpeterson#jackson-module-model-versioning/1.2.2": {
    "jar": "sha256-FcepndfH5cTcOLXkhn1TZw1YDYqAXvQ4A7qT8IN2Uc0=",
    "pom": "sha256-eN9L1tMAM6b3JUkuBewt0shfbc7EYm6wWT6KpO9f0ic="
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sl/slimevr/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/sl/slimevr/package.nix
index 039e001de7ac9..6ff93fb9c0346 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/sl/slimevr/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/sl/slimevr/package.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {
   lib,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  fetchpatch,
   stdenv,
   replaceVars,
   makeWrapper,
@@ -17,30 +16,31 @@
   webkitgtk_4_1,
   gst_all_1,
   libayatana-appindicator,
+  udevCheckHook,
 }:
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   pname = "slimevr";
-  version = "0.16.0";
+  version = "0.16.2";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "SlimeVR";
     repo = "SlimeVR-Server";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-ZYL+aBrADbzSXnhFzxNk8xRrY0WHmHCtVaC6VfXfLJw=";
+    tag = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-g0SDienJX7ZUbypeIAWSwjxgu40AFd3jVALuMhHj6mQ=";
     # solarxr
     fetchSubmodules = true;
   };
 
   buildAndTestSubdir = "gui/src-tauri";
 
-  cargoHash = "sha256-+WrBVL4/XslJSOwuxs4IzqXG9l1/lMSbKil/8OHc9Xw=";
+  cargoHash = "sha256-w2z+EQqkVGLmXQS+AzeJwkGG4ovpz9+ovmLOcUks734=";
 
   pnpmDeps = pnpm_9.fetchDeps {
     pname = "${pname}-pnpm-deps";
     inherit version src;
     fetcherVersion = 1;
-    hash = "sha256-lh5IKdBXuH9GZFUTrzaQFDWCEYj0UJhKwCdPmsiwfCs=";
+    hash = "sha256-b0oCOjxrUQqWmUR6IzTEO75pvJZB7MQD14DNbQm95sA=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
     pkg-config
     wrapGAppsHook3
     makeWrapper
+    udevCheckHook
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
@@ -85,17 +86,6 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
       --replace-fail "libayatana-appindicator3.so.1" "${libayatana-appindicator}/lib/libayatana-appindicator3.so.1"
     substituteInPlace gui/src-tauri/src/tray.rs \
       --replace-fail "libayatana-appindicator3.so.1" "${libayatana-appindicator}/lib/libayatana-appindicator3.so.1"
-
-    # tao < version 0.31 has a GTK crash. Manually apply the fix.
-    pushd $cargoDepsCopy/tao-0.30.*
-    patch -p1 < ${
-      fetchpatch {
-        name = "fix-gtk-crash.patch";
-        url = "https://github.com/tauri-apps/tao/commit/83e35e961f4893790b913ee2efc15ae33fd16fb2.diff";
-        hash = "sha256-FNXWzsg4lO6VbLsqS6NevX8kVj26YtcYdKbbFejq9hM=";
-      }
-    }
-    popd
   '';
 
   # solarxr needs to be installed after compiling its Typescript files. This isn't
@@ -105,11 +95,14 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   '';
 
   doCheck = false; # No tests
+  doInstallCheck = true; # Check udev
 
   # Get rid of placeholder slimevr.jar
   postInstall = ''
     rm $out/share/slimevr/slimevr.jar
     rm -d $out/share/slimevr
+
+    install -Dm644 -t $out/lib/udev/rules.d/ gui/src-tauri/69-slimevr-devices.rules
   '';
 
   # `JAVA_HOME`, `JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS`, and `--launch-from-path` are so the GUI can