diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/vu/vulkan-caps-viewer/Fix-darwin-metal-layer.patch b/pkgs/by-name/vu/vulkan-caps-viewer/Fix-darwin-metal-layer.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fd59563a9b08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/vu/vulkan-caps-viewer/Fix-darwin-metal-layer.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+diff --git a/appleutils.mm b/appleutils.mm
+index 52058b5..afc568f 100644
+--- a/appleutils.mm
++++ b/appleutils.mm
+@@ -45,7 +45,11 @@ extern "C" void *makeViewMetalCompatible(void* handle)
+     NSView* view = (__bridge NSView*)handle;
+     assert([view isKindOfClass:[NSView class]]);
+ 
+-    void *pLayer = (__bridge void *)view.layer;
++    // In Qt 6.10+, the window has an intermediate QContainerLayer in which
++    // the actual Metal CALayer is nested.
++    // https://github.com/qt/qtbase/commit/0bdbf4688e4265a1ddf42efbe4c780770809d365
++    id containerLayer = view.layer;
++    void *pLayer = (__bridge void*)[containerLayer contentLayer];
+     return pLayer;
+ #endif
+ }
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/graphics/vulkan-caps-viewer/default.nix b/pkgs/by-name/vu/vulkan-caps-viewer/package.nix
similarity index 50%
rename from pkgs/tools/graphics/vulkan-caps-viewer/default.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/vu/vulkan-caps-viewer/package.nix
index bfaf01b1620e..97aa395e7692 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/graphics/vulkan-caps-viewer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/vu/vulkan-caps-viewer/package.nix
@@ -2,48 +2,73 @@
   lib,
   stdenv,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  qmake,
+  qt6,
   vulkan-loader,
   wayland,
-  wrapQtAppsHook,
+  xcbuild,
+
+  waylandSupport ? lib.meta.availableOn stdenv.hostPlatform wayland,
   x11Support ? !stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin,
-  qtx11extras,
 }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "vulkan-caps-viewer";
-  version = "4.03";
+  version = "4.11";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "SaschaWillems";
     repo = "VulkanCapsViewer";
-    rev = version;
-    hash = "sha256-LaZdQ5w7QYaD3Nxl9ML30kGws8Yyr3c0jzO3ElUvJ/I=";
+    tag = finalAttrs.version;
+    hash = "sha256-Vc4zK1Kurirp+xK7A2D3CC4veJSghE9mS7YzRA3CnHM=";
     # Note: this derivation strictly requires vulkan-header to be the same it was developed against.
     # To help us, they've put it in a git-submodule.
     # The result will work with any vulkan-loader version.
     fetchSubmodules = true;
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # In Qt 6.10+, the path of the Metal layer has changed.
+    # Without this patch, the application fails to launch on darwin.
+    # Upstream PR: https://github.com/SaschaWillems/VulkanCapsViewer/pull/270
+    ./Fix-darwin-metal-layer.patch
+  ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    # These paths are appended to the install target, so we strip the /usr/ prefix
+    substituteInPlace vulkanCapsViewer.pro \
+      --replace-fail '/usr/' '/' \
+      --replace-fail '$(VULKAN_SDK)/lib/libvulkan.dylib' '${lib.getLib vulkan-loader}/lib/libvulkan.dylib'
+  '';
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
-    qmake
-    wrapQtAppsHook
+    qt6.qmake
+    qt6.wrapQtAppsHook
+  ]
+  ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
+    xcbuild
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
     vulkan-loader
   ]
-  ++ lib.optionals (lib.meta.availableOn stdenv.hostPlatform wayland) [ wayland ]
-  ++ lib.lists.optionals x11Support [ qtx11extras ];
-
-  patchPhase = ''
-    substituteInPlace vulkanCapsViewer.pro \
-      --replace-fail '/usr/' "/" \
-      --replace-fail '$(VULKAN_SDK)/lib/libvulkan.dylib' '${lib.getLib vulkan-loader}/lib/libvulkan.dylib'
-  '';
+  ++ lib.optionals waylandSupport [
+    wayland
+  ];
 
   qmakeFlags = [
     "CONFIG+=release"
+  ]
+  # The README incorrectly states that these should not be defined simultaneously.
+  # Enabling both WAYLAND and X11 at the same time doesn't cause any issues
+  # and is actually required to automatically fallback to the X11 surface test
+  # when no Wayland display is available.
+  # These two variables only control the surface presentation tests for the
+  # queue families of a GPU and are not related to how the Qt application is rendered.
+  ++ lib.optionals waylandSupport [
+    "DEFINES+=WAYLAND"
+  ]
+  ++ lib.optionals x11Support [
+    "DEFINES+=X11"
   ];
 
   installFlags = [ "INSTALL_ROOT=$(out)" ];
@@ -62,8 +87,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     '';
     homepage = "https://vulkan.gpuinfo.org/";
     platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Only;
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ pedrohlc ];
-    changelog = "https://github.com/SaschaWillems/VulkanCapsViewer/releases/tag/${version}";
+    license = lib.licenses.lgpl3Only;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
+      pedrohlc
+      niklaskorz
+    ];
+    changelog = "https://github.com/SaschaWillems/VulkanCapsViewer/releases/tag/${finalAttrs.version}";
   };
-}
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 223949269fe7..d6a94b80c309 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7630,8 +7630,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   vtkWithQt6 = vtk.override { withQt6 = true; };
 
-  vulkan-caps-viewer = libsForQt5.callPackage ../tools/graphics/vulkan-caps-viewer { };
-
   wayland = callPackage ../development/libraries/wayland { };
   wayland-scanner = callPackage ../development/libraries/wayland/scanner.nix { };