diff --git a/cerulean/nexus/nexus.nix b/cerulean/nexus/nexus.nix
index 5d0ca02..ea8997e 100644
--- a/cerulean/nexus/nexus.nix
+++ b/cerulean/nexus/nexus.nix
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@
     base = null;
     modules = [];
     args = Terminal {};
-    homeManager = null;
 
     groups = Terminal {};
     nodes = Terminal {};
@@ -193,17 +192,12 @@ in {
           ...
         }: let
           nixosDecl = let
-            homeManager =
-              if node.homeManager != null
-              then node.homeManager
-              else nexus.homeManager;
-
             userArgs = nexus.args // node.args;
             ceruleanArgs = {
               inherit root base;
               inherit (node) system;
               _cerulean = {
-                inherit inputs userArgs ceruleanArgs homeManager;
+                inherit inputs userArgs ceruleanArgs;
                 specialArgs = userArgs // ceruleanArgs;
               };
             };
@@ -225,9 +219,9 @@ in {
                   self.nixosModules.default
                   (findImport (root + "/hosts/${nodeName}"))
 
+                  inputs.home-manager.nixosModules.default
                   # inputs.microvm.nixosModules.microvm
                 ]
-                ++ (homeManager.nixosModules.default or [])
                 ++ (getGroupModules root nodeName node)
                 ++ node.modules
                 ++ nexus.modules;
diff --git a/cerulean/nexus/nodes.nix b/cerulean/nexus/nodes.nix
index 13ced2f..25b4bb3 100644
--- a/cerulean/nexus/nodes.nix
+++ b/cerulean/nexus/nodes.nix
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ in rec {
     modules = [];
     args = Terminal {};
 
-    homeManager = null;
-
     base = null;
 
     deploy = {
diff --git a/cerulean/nixos/default.nix b/cerulean/nixos/default.nix
index ea7c359..bd8d03d 100644
--- a/cerulean/nixos/default.nix
+++ b/cerulean/nixos/default.nix
@@ -17,18 +17,14 @@
   _cerulean,
   ...
 } @ args: {
-  imports =
-    [
-      # user configuration
-      (import (root + "/nixpkgs.nix"))
-      # options declarations
-      (import ./nixpkgs.nix (args // {contextName = "hosts";}))
-    ]
-    ++ (
-      if _cerulean.homeManager != null
-      then [./home-manager.nix]
-      else []
-    );
+  imports = [
+    # user configuration
+    (import (root + "/nixpkgs.nix"))
+    # options declarations
+    (import ./nixpkgs.nix (args // {contextName = "hosts";}))
+
+    ./home-manager.nix
+  ];
 
   environment.systemPackages = with _cerulean.inputs; [
     deploy-rs.packages.${system}.default
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index fc8e402..0dd06b1 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@
     "deploy-rs": {
       "inputs": {
         "flake-compat": "flake-compat",
-        "nixpkgs": [
-          "nixpkgs"
-        ],
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs",
         "utils": "utils"
       },
       "locked": {
@@ -60,27 +58,6 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
-    "microvm": {
-      "inputs": {
-        "nixpkgs": [
-          "nixpkgs"
-        ],
-        "spectrum": "spectrum"
-      },
-      "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1771365290,
-        "narHash": "sha256-1XJOslVyF7yzf6yd/yl1VjGLywsbtwmQh3X1LuJcLI4=",
-        "owner": "microvm-nix",
-        "repo": "microvm.nix",
-        "rev": "789c90b164b55b4379e7a94af8b9c01489024c18",
-        "type": "github"
-      },
-      "original": {
-        "owner": "microvm-nix",
-        "repo": "microvm.nix",
-        "type": "github"
-      }
-    },
     "nix-github-actions": {
       "inputs": {
         "nixpkgs": [
@@ -128,6 +105,38 @@
       }
     },
     "nixpkgs": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1743014863,
+        "narHash": "sha256-jAIUqsiN2r3hCuHji80U7NNEafpIMBXiwKlSrjWMlpg=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "bd3bac8bfb542dbde7ffffb6987a1a1f9d41699f",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "ref": "nixpkgs-unstable",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "nixpkgs-unstable": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1768305791,
+        "narHash": "sha256-AIdl6WAn9aymeaH/NvBj0H9qM+XuAuYbGMZaP0zcXAQ=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "1412caf7bf9e660f2f962917c14b1ea1c3bc695e",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "ref": "nixos-unstable",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "nixpkgs_2": {
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 1768323494,
         "narHash": "sha256-yBXJLE6WCtrGo7LKiB6NOt6nisBEEkguC/lq/rP3zRQ=",
@@ -143,7 +152,7 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
-    "nixpkgs_2": {
+    "nixpkgs_3": {
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 1767313136,
         "narHash": "sha256-16KkgfdYqjaeRGBaYsNrhPRRENs0qzkQVUooNHtoy2w=",
@@ -162,7 +171,7 @@
     "nt": {
       "inputs": {
         "nix-unit": "nix-unit",
-        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs_2",
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs_3",
         "systems": "systems_2"
       },
       "locked": {
@@ -182,28 +191,12 @@
     "root": {
       "inputs": {
         "deploy-rs": "deploy-rs",
-        "microvm": "microvm",
-        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs",
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs_2",
+        "nixpkgs-unstable": "nixpkgs-unstable",
         "nt": "nt",
         "systems": "systems_3"
       }
     },
-    "spectrum": {
-      "flake": false,
-      "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1759482047,
-        "narHash": "sha256-H1wiXRQHxxPyMMlP39ce3ROKCwI5/tUn36P8x6dFiiQ=",
-        "ref": "refs/heads/main",
-        "rev": "c5d5786d3dc938af0b279c542d1e43bce381b4b9",
-        "revCount": 996,
-        "type": "git",
-        "url": "https://spectrum-os.org/git/spectrum"
-      },
-      "original": {
-        "type": "git",
-        "url": "https://spectrum-os.org/git/spectrum"
-      }
-    },
     "systems": {
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 1681028828,
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index c1a5498..89ce6b4 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@
 
     nt.url = "github:cry128/nt";
 
+    home-manager = {
+      url = "github:nix-community/home-manager/release-25.11";
+      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+    };
+
     deploy-rs = {
       url = "github:serokell/deploy-rs";
       inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";