diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/zola/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/zola/default.nix
index ca5a4684a48c..9a76eed6dff6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/zola/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/zola/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { lib
 , stdenv
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchpatch
 , rustPlatform
 , cmake
 , pkg-config
@@ -26,6 +27,14 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
 
   cargoHash = "sha256-AAub8UwAvX3zNX+SM/T9biyNxFTgfqUQG/MUGfwWuno=";
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "CVE-2023-40274.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/getzola/zola/commit/fe1967fb0fe063b1cee1ad48820870ab2ecc0e5b.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-B/SVGhVX5hAbvMhBYO+mU5+xdZXU2JyS4uKmOj+aZuI=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     cmake
     pkg-config