diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libjxl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libjxl/default.nix
index b406654caba1..828090875e86 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libjxl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libjxl/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchpatch
 , asciidoc
 , brotli
 , cmake
@@ -18,17 +19,26 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "libjxl";
-  version = "0.5";
+  version = "0.6.1";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "libjxl";
     repo = "libjxl";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0grljgmy6cfhm8zni9d1mdn01qzc49k1pl75vhr7qcd3sp4r8lxm";
+    sha256 = "sha256-fTK5hyU9PZ6nigMsfzVugwviihgAXfEcLF+l+n5h+54=";
     # There are various submodules in `third_party/`.
     fetchSubmodules = true;
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # present in master, remove after 0.7?
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "fix-link-lld-macho.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/libjxl/libjxl/commit/88fe3fff3dc70c72405f57c69feffd9823930034.patch";
+      sha256 = "1419fyiq4srpj72cynwyvqy8ldi7vn9asvkp5fsbmiqkyhb15jpk";
+    })
+  ];
+
   # hydra's darwin machines run into https://github.com/libjxl/libjxl/issues/408
   # unless we disable highway's tests
   postPatch = lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin ''