diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/minc-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/minc-tools/default.nix
index 16f9a3e64db2..a5d60ed8cae6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/minc-tools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/minc-tools/default.nix
@@ -16,15 +16,22 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   pname = "minc-tools";
-  version = "2.3.06-unstable-2023-08-12";
+  version = "2.3.06-unstable-2024-11-28";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "BIC-MNI";
     repo = "minc-tools";
-    rev = "c86a767dbb63aaa05ee981306fa09f6133bde427";
-    hash = "sha256-PLNcuDU0ht1PcjloDhrPzpOpE42gbhPP3rfHtP7WnM4=";
+    rev = "a72077d92266f9ea4c49b6dd3efd5766b81a104c";
+    hash = "sha256-YafO5UjeADO/658Xm973JtqldRYkGQ4v8m1oNJoZrbM=";
   };
 
+  # Fix for CMake > 4 in which the old policy for CMP0026 was removed.
+  # Note this breaks the tests, but they are not enabled anyway.
+  # Upstream issue: https://github.com/BIC-MNI/minc-tools/issues/123
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace CMakeLists.txt --replace-fail "SET CMP0026 OLD" "SET CMP0026 NEW"
+  '';
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     cmake
     flex
@@ -58,12 +65,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     done
   '';
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/BIC-MNI/minc-tools";
     description = "Command-line utilities for working with MINC files";
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ bcdarwin ];
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
-    license = licenses.free;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ bcdarwin ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
+    license = lib.licenses.free;
     broken = stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/mi/minc_widgets/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/mi/minc_widgets/package.nix
index 535433ea41d1..7cfeb7437535 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/mi/minc_widgets/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/mi/minc_widgets/package.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   stdenv,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  fetchpatch,
   cmake,
   makeWrapper,
   perlPackages,
@@ -22,6 +23,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     sha256 = "1b9g6lf37wpp211ikaji4rf74rl9xcmrlyqcw1zq3z12ji9y33bm";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "cmake4-fix.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/BIC-MNI/minc-widgets/commit/9f5bc1996d2f9b4702efdb010834e2c7f1e3fbf1.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-qqMKbxQS+HTRQaOP2DH/m8Z3DqoCMGLFp1AEKaQ6l5s=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     cmake
     makeWrapper
@@ -50,11 +59,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     done
   '';
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/BIC-MNI/minc-widgets";
     description = "Collection of Perl and shell scripts for processing MINC files";
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ bcdarwin ];
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
-    license = licenses.free;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ bcdarwin ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
+    license = lib.licenses.free;
   };
 }