diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/octave/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/octave/default.nix
index ab9128772d3c..c0329b45c557 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/octave/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/octave/default.nix
@@ -93,12 +93,12 @@ let
   # To avoid confusion later in passthru
   allPkgs = pkgs;
 in stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
-    version = "8.4.0";
+    version = "9.2.0";
     pname = "octave";
 
     src = fetchurl {
       url = "mirror://gnu/octave/octave-${finalAttrs.version}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "sha256-azjdl1FnhCSus6nWZkMrHzeOs5caISkKkM09NRGdVq0=";
+      sha256 = "sha256-BjZVSwWZaZfkMcqtRCLAA4bS18aJAEcnAP7PX/63yZE=";
     };
 
     buildInputs = [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qrupdate/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/qrupdate/default.nix
index 12531286d33d..282b926b2e77 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qrupdate/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qrupdate/default.nix
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     ])}"
   ];
 
+  # https://github.com/mpimd-csc/qrupdate-ng/issues/4
+  patches = lib.optionals (stdenv.isDarwin && stdenv.isx86_64) [
+    ./disable-zch1dn-test.patch
+  ];
+
   doCheck = true;
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qrupdate/disable-zch1dn-test.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/qrupdate/disable-zch1dn-test.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9953f7b43d7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qrupdate/disable-zch1dn-test.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git i/test/tch1dn.f w/test/tch1dn.f
+index 25ec990..3f83e7e 100644
+--- i/test/tch1dn.f
++++ w/test/tch1dn.f
+@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ c
+       call dtest(n)
+       write (*,*) 'cch1dn test:'
+       call ctest(n)
+-      write (*,*) 'zch1dn test:'
+-      call ztest(n)
+ 
+       call pstats
+       end program
diff --git a/pkgs/development/octave-modules/ncarray/default.nix b/pkgs/development/octave-modules/ncarray/default.nix
index c028ba7f1d3e..0c5546ffd121 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/octave-modules/ncarray/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/octave-modules/ncarray/default.nix
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@
 
 buildOctavePackage rec {
   pname = "ncarray";
-  version = "1.0.5";
+  version = "1.0.6";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/octave/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "sha256-HhQWLUA/6wqYi6TP3PC+N2zgi4UojDxbG9pgQzFaQ8c=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-W6L2Esm7AdzntT7cimKylbeKYcZWKhHim96N5dM/qoE=";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/octave-modules/netcdf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/octave-modules/netcdf/default.nix
index b2b7eeda42e9..280819806838 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/octave-modules/netcdf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/octave-modules/netcdf/default.nix
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@
 
 buildOctavePackage rec {
   pname = "netcdf";
-  version = "1.0.16";
+  version = "1.0.17";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/octave/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "sha256-1Lr+6xLRXxSeUhM9+WdCUPFRZSWdxtAQlxpiv4CHJrs=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-uuFD8VNeWbyHFyWMDMzWDd2n+dG9EFmc/JnZU2tx+Uk=";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [