diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/patchelf/unstable.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/patchelf/unstable.nix
index dd7f4ac881b4..740015dbe984 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/patchelf/unstable.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/patchelf/unstable.nix
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "patchelf-${version}";
-  version = "2020-07-11";
+  version = "2021-11-16";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "NixOS";
     repo = "patchelf";
-    rev = "126372b636733b160e693c9913e871f6755c02e";
-    sha256 = "07cn40ypys5pyc3jfgxvqj7qk5v6m2rr5brnpmxdsl1557ryx226";
+    rev = "a174cf3006baf31e0e9eaa62bc9adead93af63f7";
+    sha256 = "sha256-cKZ4DE70R5XiIqfnIVAl2s7a1bJxaaPpuCmxs3pxFRU=";
   };
 
   # Drop test that fails on musl (?)