diff --git a/dotfiles/config/taffybar/flake.nix b/dotfiles/config/taffybar/flake.nix
index b2c92814..68ebfc58 100644
--- a/dotfiles/config/taffybar/flake.nix
+++ b/dotfiles/config/taffybar/flake.nix
@@ -166,6 +166,12 @@
         });
       in
       {
+        # Expose commonly-needed ecosystem packages to callers (e.g. NixOS/home-manager
+        # modules) so they can run the pinned binaries directly.
+        packages = {
+          status-notifier-item = hpkgs.status-notifier-item;
+        };
+
         devShell = hpkgs.shellFor {
           packages = p: [ p.imalison-taffybar p.taffybar ];
           nativeBuildInputs = (with hpkgs; [
diff --git a/nixos/flake.lock b/nixos/flake.lock
index 3b8f57c7..0dab3f10 100644
--- a/nixos/flake.lock
+++ b/nixos/flake.lock
@@ -1910,11 +1910,11 @@
     "status-notifier-item": {
       "flake": false,
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1770955859,
-        "narHash": "sha256-h95eUeTkNsdrVxAx0Nv0ViXHSkhhOfPF4L4DhtbfkNs=",
+        "lastModified": 1771366898,
+        "narHash": "sha256-P032QnjoXfrr20LW+EBq/5fWDhDnYe7mJRkjEMf4EGE=",
         "owner": "taffybar",
         "repo": "status-notifier-item",
-        "rev": "a0958505f4e5fc145f34d7ad2615688d6668e02a",
+        "rev": "e73da596911511034af94637d57cec8ccd1f68e2",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
diff --git a/nixos/taffybar.nix b/nixos/taffybar.nix
index 963a20ef..0a96204a 100644
--- a/nixos/taffybar.nix
+++ b/nixos/taffybar.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,11 @@ makeEnable config "myModules.taffybar" false {
 
   home-manager.sharedModules = [
     {
-      services.status-notifier-watcher.enable = true;
+      services."status-notifier-watcher".enable = true;
+      # home-manager's module defaults to nixpkgs' status-notifier-item, which can lag.
+      # Point it at the pinned flake version instead.
+      services."status-notifier-watcher".package = pkgs.lib.mkForce
+        inputs.imalison-taffybar.packages.${pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.system}.status-notifier-item;
 
       # Disable kded6's statusnotifierwatcher module so it doesn't race with
       # the Haskell status-notifier-watcher for the org.kde.StatusNotifierWatcher bus name.