diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/openssh/common.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/openssh/common.nix
index fc59d8773bdd..deeab329d6cd 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/openssh/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/openssh/common.nix
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
     # See discussion in https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/16966
     ./dont_create_privsep_path.patch
-
+  ]
+  ++ lib.optionals (lib.versionOlder finalAttrs.version "10.3") [
     # See discussion in https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/466049 and
     # https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/openssh/-/issues/23
     (fetchpatch {
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/openssh/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/openssh/default.nix
index 29bdb80eebf1..dd58586699c9 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/openssh/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/openssh/default.nix
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ in
 {
   openssh = common rec {
     pname = "openssh";
-    version = "10.2p1";
+    version = "10.3p1";
 
     src = fetchurl {
       url = urlFor version;
-      hash = "sha256-zMQsBBmTeVkmP6Hb0W2vwYxWuYTANWLSk3zlamD3mLI=";
+      hash = "sha256-VmgqNruS3PS08Bb9jsjnQFm3mo3iXBXWcNcx59GORfQ=";
     };
 
     extraPatches = [