diff --git a/ci/pinned.json b/ci/pinned.json
index 000a33c6dc71..32f5e186650c 100644
--- a/ci/pinned.json
+++ b/ci/pinned.json
@@ -12,6 +12,19 @@
       "revision": "7525d999cd850b9a488817abc89c75dc733acf17",
       "url": "https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/7525d999cd850b9a488817abc89c75dc733acf17.tar.gz",
       "hash": "sha256-4IHyyLgLBdKefkljdKod4IMn023pQiDXAWJA187cmdY="
+    },
+    "nixpkgs-26.05-darwin": {
+      "type": "Git",
+      "repository": {
+        "type": "GitHub",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs"
+      },
+      "branch": "nixpkgs-26.05-darwin",
+      "submodules": false,
+      "revision": "51fe96f9107566e6b8eeb7fc4ba696c01e548b04",
+      "url": "https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/51fe96f9107566e6b8eeb7fc4ba696c01e548b04.tar.gz",
+      "hash": "sha256-yj0LPLnsmYoLmA3FGANjeTEwej0/DHjZBXWnDQDUuIs="
     }
   },
   "version": 8
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 6c3321e8c7fe..5c5d89f241ad 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -199,7 +199,8 @@
         && system != "riscv64-linux"
         # Exclude x86_64-freebsd because "Package ‘go-1.22.12-freebsd-amd64-bootstrap’ in /nix/store/0yw40qnrar3lvc5hax5n49abl57apjbn-source/pkgs/development/compilers/go/binary.nix:50 is not available on the requested hostPlatform"
         && system != "x86_64-freebsd"
-      ) (forAllSystems (system: (import ./ci { inherit system; }).fmt.pkg));
+        # TODO: revert to importing fmt.pkg directly from ./ci when support for 26.05 ends
+      ) (forAllSystems (system: (import ./shell.nix { inherit system; }).formatter));
 
       /**
         A nested structure of [packages](https://nix.dev/manual/nix/latest/glossary#package-attribute-set) and other values.
diff --git a/shell.nix b/shell.nix
index b68b120a2529..81ef55a637f3 100644
--- a/shell.nix
+++ b/shell.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,44 @@
   nixpkgs ? null,
 }:
 let
-  inherit (import ./ci { inherit nixpkgs system; }) pkgs fmt;
+  version = builtins.readFile ./.version;
+
+  # On 26.05 we need a CI-pinned Nixpkgs revision that supports x86_64-darwin.
+  # TODO: remove after 26.05 support ends.
+  nixpkgs' =
+    if nixpkgs == null && system == "x86_64-darwin" && version == "26.05" then
+      let
+        pinned = (builtins.fromJSON (builtins.readFile ./ci/pinned.json)).pins;
+        warn = builtins.warn or (import ./lib).warn;
+
+        inherit (pinned."nixpkgs-26.05-darwin")
+          url
+          hash
+          revision
+          branch
+          ;
+
+        withWarning = warn (toString [
+          "The currently pinned Nixpkgs (${pinned.nixpkgs.revision}) does not support ${system},"
+          "using revision (${revision}) from ${branch}."
+          "You may experience some differences to CI."
+        ]);
+      in
+      withWarning fetchTarball {
+        inherit url;
+        sha256 = hash;
+      }
+    else
+      nixpkgs;
+
+  inherit
+    (import ./ci {
+      inherit system;
+      nixpkgs = nixpkgs';
+    })
+    pkgs
+    fmt
+    ;
 
   # For `nix-shell -A hello`
   curPkgs = removeAttrs (import ./. { inherit system; }) [
@@ -39,3 +76,6 @@ curPkgs
     fmt.pkg
   ];
 }
+// {
+  formatter = fmt.pkg;
+}