diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/wizer/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/wizer/default.nix
index 5c931770ac0a..727b3f256d43 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/wizer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/wizer/default.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,20 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, rustPlatform, fetchCrate }:
+{ lib, stdenv, rustPlatform, fetchFromGitHub }:
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   pname = "wizer";
-  version = "1.4.0";
+  version = "1.6.0";
 
-  src = fetchCrate {
-    inherit pname version;
-
-    sha256 = "sha256-3Hc3KKqtbZtvD+3lb/W7+AyrwPukJyxpUe94KGQlzBI=";
+  # the crate does not contain files which are necessary for the tests
+  # see https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wizer/commit/3a95e27ce42f1fdaef07b52988e4699eaa221e04
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "bytecodealliance";
+    repo = "wizer";
+    # see https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wizer/pull/62
+    rev = "e74c6e59562c4b7edcda506674db8aead878a893";
+    sha256 = "sha256-bVxjcb231Ygz+z+8D1U2YQqEdIKsostxISgYt2KecXc=";
   };
 
-  cargoSha256 = "sha256-zv36/W7dNpIupYn8TS+NaF7uX+BVjrI6AW6Hrlqr8Xg=";
+  cargoSha256 = "sha256-S9h47aGG5UhwNoOnUHFrtEyByg8iCMC88Cspb/6tb8c=";
 
   cargoBuildFlags = [ "--bin" pname ];
 
@@ -27,6 +31,5 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
     homepage = "https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wizer";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ lucperkins amesgen ];
-    broken = stdenv.isx86_64 && stdenv.isDarwin;
   };
 }