diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygame/0001-Use-SDL_AllocFormat-instead-of-creating-it-manually.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygame/0001-Use-SDL_AllocFormat-instead-of-creating-it-manually.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d786e1f248a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygame/0001-Use-SDL_AllocFormat-instead-of-creating-it-manually.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+From bc1a52062adfacc94661883157dd4ef58e00e031 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Marcin Serwin <marcin@serwin.dev>
+Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2025 14:48:04 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Use SDL_AllocFormat instead of creating it manually
+
+According to the docs, `SDL_PixelFormat` is a read-only structure.
+Creating it manually leaves out some important fields like `format` and
+`next` pointer to be undefined.
+
+Signed-off-by: Marcin Serwin <marcin@serwin.dev>
+---
+ src_c/surface.c | 25 +++++++------------------
+ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src_c/surface.c b/src_c/surface.c
+index 958ce43f..9be3d8fb 100644
+--- a/src_c/surface.c
++++ b/src_c/surface.c
+@@ -3730,24 +3730,13 @@ pgSurface_Blit(pgSurfaceObject *dstobj, pgSurfaceObject *srcobj,
+         }
+         else {
+             SDL_PixelFormat *fmt = src->format;
+-            SDL_PixelFormat newfmt;
+-
+-            newfmt.palette = 0; /* Set NULL (or SDL gets confused) */
+-            newfmt.BitsPerPixel = fmt->BitsPerPixel;
+-            newfmt.BytesPerPixel = fmt->BytesPerPixel;
+-            newfmt.Amask = 0;
+-            newfmt.Rmask = fmt->Rmask;
+-            newfmt.Gmask = fmt->Gmask;
+-            newfmt.Bmask = fmt->Bmask;
+-            newfmt.Ashift = 0;
+-            newfmt.Rshift = fmt->Rshift;
+-            newfmt.Gshift = fmt->Gshift;
+-            newfmt.Bshift = fmt->Bshift;
+-            newfmt.Aloss = 0;
+-            newfmt.Rloss = fmt->Rloss;
+-            newfmt.Gloss = fmt->Gloss;
+-            newfmt.Bloss = fmt->Bloss;
+-            src = SDL_ConvertSurface(src, &newfmt, 0);
++            SDL_PixelFormat *newfmt =
++                SDL_AllocFormat(SDL_MasksToPixelFormatEnum(
++                    fmt->BitsPerPixel, fmt->Rmask, fmt->Gmask, fmt->Bmask, 0));
++
++            src = SDL_ConvertSurface(src, newfmt, 0);
++
++            SDL_FreeFormat(newfmt);
+             if (src) {
+                 result = SDL_BlitSurface(src, srcrect, dst, dstrect);
+                 SDL_FreeSurface(src);
+-- 
+2.51.0
+
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygame/adapt-to-sdl3-format-message.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygame/adapt-to-sdl3-format-message.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f8c0a98402b7..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygame/adapt-to-sdl3-format-message.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/src_c/surface.c b/src_c/surface.c
-index ee9991fb..32c007bd 100644
---- a/src_c/surface.c
-+++ b/src_c/surface.c
-@@ -733,7 +733,8 @@ _raise_create_surface_error(void)
- {
-     const char *msg = SDL_GetError();
- 
--    if (strcmp(msg, "Unknown pixel format") == 0)
-+    if (strcmp(msg, "Unknown pixel format") == 0 ||
-+        strcmp(msg, "Parameter 'format' is invalid") == 0)
-         return RAISE(PyExc_ValueError, "Invalid mask values");
-     return RAISE(pgExc_SDLError, msg);
- }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygame/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygame/default.nix
index 62e4bcba5dd0..d4a4c92f89c8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygame/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygame/default.nix
@@ -62,14 +62,16 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
     # mixer queue test returns busy queue when it shouldn't
     ./skip-mixer-test.patch
-    # https://github.com/libsdl-org/sdl2-compat/issues/476
+
+    # Can be removed with the next SDL3 bump.
     ./skip-rle-tests.patch
-    # https://github.com/libsdl-org/sdl2-compat/issues/489
-    ./adapt-to-sdl3-format-message.patch
 
     # https://github.com/pygame/pygame/pull/4497
     ./0001-Use-SDL_HasSurfaceRLE-when-available.patch
     ./0002-Don-t-assume-that-touch-devices-support-get_num_fing.patch
+
+    # https://github.com/pygame/pygame/pull/4651
+    ./0001-Use-SDL_AllocFormat-instead-of-creating-it-manually.patch
   ];
 
   postPatch = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygame/skip-rle-tests.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygame/skip-rle-tests.patch
index d0792e0e0e92..5f9c6be928d4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygame/skip-rle-tests.patch
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygame/skip-rle-tests.patch
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 diff --git a/test/surface_test.py b/test/surface_test.py
-index 4e4b5d4..ffc7ffb 100644
+index b1147d27..c7ba2928 100644
 --- a/test/surface_test.py
 +++ b/test/surface_test.py
-@@ -375,6 +375,7 @@ class SurfaceTypeTest(unittest.TestCase):
-         self.assertTrue(s1.get_flags() & pygame.RLEACCELOK)
-         self.assertTrue(not s2.get_flags() & pygame.RLEACCELOK)
- 
-+    @unittest.skipIf(True, "https://github.com/libsdl-org/sdl2-compat/issues/476")
-     def test_solarwolf_rle_usage(self):
-         """Test for error/crash when calling set_colorkey() followed
-         by convert twice in succession. Code originally taken
-@@ -403,6 +404,7 @@ class SurfaceTypeTest(unittest.TestCase):
+@@ -346,6 +346,7 @@ class SurfaceTypeTest(unittest.TestCase):
          finally:
              pygame.display.quit()
  
-+    @unittest.skipIf(True, "https://github.com/libsdl-org/sdl2-compat/issues/476")
++    @unittest.skipIf(True, "https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/pull/14429")
      def test_solarwolf_rle_usage_2(self):
          """Test for RLE status after setting alpha"""
  
+@@ -377,6 +378,7 @@ class SurfaceTypeTest(unittest.TestCase):
+         finally:
+             pygame.display.quit()
+ 
++    @unittest.skipIf(True, "https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/issues/14424")
+     def test_set_alpha__set_colorkey_rle(self):
+         pygame.display.init()
+         try: