diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/rust/cargo-binstall/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/rust/cargo-binstall/default.nix
index 5705b9039b7d..6bf0b54a3328 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/rust/cargo-binstall/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/rust/cargo-binstall/default.nix
@@ -11,16 +11,16 @@
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   pname = "cargo-binstall";
-  version = "0.20.1";
+  version = "0.21.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "cargo-bins";
     repo = "cargo-binstall";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-wM8DawrniyJxj8Omgj+hiePa521p4hIAngfzEHFNO58=";
+    hash = "sha256-btpXmtnsnZy7ai+WlWtgLjwbHqQvIphNM7aqMmA5Wjs=";
   };
 
-  cargoHash = "sha256-ZanPmdFMDGZhRHVVGt03OJWz8HnSYFdm42W6rpytu5Y=";
+  cargoHash = "sha256-bfdyLXfasPeUAxiA7tFV1vc4tVnTO84GFOdBWjTx/4s=";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     pkg-config
@@ -43,6 +43,13 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
     "zstd-thin"
   ];
 
+  checkFlags = [
+    # requires internet access
+    "--skip=download::test::test_and_extract"
+    "--skip=gh_api_client::test::test_gh_api_client_cargo_binstall_no_such_release"
+    "--skip=gh_api_client::test::test_gh_api_client_cargo_binstall_v0_20_1"
+  ];
+
   # remove cargo config so it can find the linker on aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
   postPatch = ''
     rm .cargo/config