diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/insulator2/Cargo.lock b/pkgs/applications/misc/insulator2/Cargo.lock
index e119d57c4d10..58a175607fdb 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/insulator2/Cargo.lock
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/insulator2/Cargo.lock
@@ -4562,9 +4562,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "time"
-version = "0.1.45"
+version = "0.3.36"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1b797afad3f312d1c66a56d11d0316f916356d11bd158fbc6ca6389ff6bf805a"
+checksum = "5dfd88e563464686c916c7e46e623e520ddc6d79fa6641390f2e3fa86e83e885"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "wasi 0.10.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1",
@@ -4591,9 +4591,9 @@ checksum = "7300fbefb4dadc1af235a9cef3737cea692a9d97e1b9cbcd4ebdae6f8868e6fb"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "time-macros"
-version = "0.2.9"
+version = "0.2.18"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "372950940a5f07bf38dbe211d7283c9e6d7327df53794992d293e534c733d09b"
+checksum = "3f252a68540fde3a3877aeea552b832b40ab9a69e318efd078774a01ddee1ccf"
 dependencies = [
  "time-core",
 ]
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/insulator2/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/insulator2/default.nix
index 423a77302684..d68f91c308c6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/insulator2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/insulator2/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 { lib
+, cmake
 , dbus
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , fetchYarnDeps
@@ -11,7 +12,6 @@
 , perl
 , cyrus_sasl
 , stdenv
-, fixup_yarn_lock
 , yarnConfigHook
 , nodejs-slim
 , cargo-tauri
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 , rustc
 , jq
 , moreutils
+, fetchpatch
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -30,9 +31,18 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     owner = "andrewinci";
     repo = pname;
     rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-Bi9GCQr7yox5Plc7o0svRKYi1XoK/HDGj1VbW1z4jac=";
+    hash = "sha256-34JRIB7/x7miReWOxR/m+atjfUiE3XGyh9OBSbMg3m4=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # see: https://github.com/andrewinci/insulator2/pull/733
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "fix-rust-1.80.0";
+      url = "https://github.com/andrewinci/insulator2/commit/7dbff0777c4364eec68cf90488d99f06b11dfa98.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-P8rBufYpREP5tOO9vSymvms4f2JbsUEjK7/yn9P7gYk=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   # Yarn *really* wants us to use corepack if this is set
   postPatch = ''
     jq 'del(.packageManager)' package.json | sponge package.json
@@ -54,16 +64,22 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   cargoRoot = "backend/";
-  buildAndTestDir = cargoRoot;
+  buildAndTestSubdir = cargoRoot;
+
+  dontUseCmakeConfigure = true;
+
+  preInstall = ''
+    mkdir -p "$out"
+  '';
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
+    cmake
     pkg-config
     perl
     rustPlatform.cargoSetupHook
     cargo
     rustc
     cargo-tauri.hook
-    fixup_yarn_lock
     yarnConfigHook
     nodejs-slim
     cyrus_sasl
@@ -87,5 +103,4 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ tc-kaluza ];
     mainProgram = "insulator-2";
   };
-
 }