diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/hmm/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/hmm/default.nix
index a78b953875c2..4f45c09ef63b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/hmm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/hmm/default.nix
@@ -14,11 +14,14 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-WPePzqZ2iGeJ7kzTj8eg7q1JEjw91WY7gViJJ46SLRY=";
   };
 
-  cargoHash = "sha256-9Z49aPfcIdMfYCFAXsxFxcfhaLjtPod+nMFHDmvgDY0=";
+  cargoHash = "sha256-CQnM7pFnk4LcstKllhbeohbrggKV6MBQy03oq7DEkP4=";
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [
     perl
   ];
+  # FIXME: remove patch when upstream version of rustc-serialize is updated
+  # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/310673
+  cargoPatches = [ ./rustc-serialize-fix.patch ];
 
   preCheck = ''
     export HOME=$(mktemp -d)
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/hmm/rustc-serialize-fix.patch b/pkgs/applications/misc/hmm/rustc-serialize-fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8d0327e8a457
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/hmm/rustc-serialize-fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
+index b1cc23695b30..ffdeb1c90618 100644
+--- a/Cargo.lock
++++ b/Cargo.lock
+@@ -996,9 +996,9 @@ dependencies = [
+ 
+ [[package]]
+ name = "rustc-serialize"
+-version = "0.3.24"
++version = "0.3.25"
+ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+-checksum = "dcf128d1287d2ea9d80910b5f1120d0b8eede3fbf1abe91c40d39ea7d51e6fda"
++checksum = "fe834bc780604f4674073badbad26d7219cadfb4a2275802db12cbae17498401"
+ 
+ [[package]]
+ name = "rustix"