diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinxcontrib-bibtex/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinxcontrib-bibtex/default.nix
index 97d6939c7185..726a34052653 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinxcontrib-bibtex/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/sphinxcontrib-bibtex/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  fetchpatch2,
   setuptools,
   docutils,
   oset,
@@ -24,6 +25,14 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-sT23DkIfJcb3cFBFdL31RRzlDoJRcCUYIdpUVuYjGuo=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch2 {
+      name = "fix-tests-docutils-0.22.diff";
+      url = "https://github.com/mcmtroffaes/sphinxcontrib-bibtex/commit/20781600dad48fdfee91353c821597690bfe5f54.diff?full_index=1";
+      hash = "sha256-Ia/ng3yUfhLueEB/n+CW51w/UWfzRhrv/5//Mq2OJ0M=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   build-system = [ setuptools ];
 
   dependencies = [