diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/cores/pcsx2.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/cores/pcsx2.nix
index e518f9049e51..ad08ff019a4e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/cores/pcsx2.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/cores/pcsx2.nix
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@
 }:
 mkLibretroCore {
   core = "pcsx2";
-  version = "0-unstable-2025-09-14";
+  version = "0-unstable-2025-09-29";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "libretro";
     repo = "ps2";
-    rev = "bb03c99fa968b50309bd80d74598f053fe9168ce";
-    hash = "sha256-qIdrsLQWH29PGL0TNcUtFw6aSFUJKJccKrhMoi/vYCA=";
+    rev = "9485a53fa5aa2bff17e04518116107f81a8c82e3";
+    hash = "sha256-xkRPESbLNX9AFOIdEA9iW4Xn7hdJXfdi+TEbegC8KXA=";
     fetchSubmodules = true;
   };
 
@@ -33,14 +33,20 @@ mkLibretroCore {
     xz
   ];
 
-  # libretro/ps2 needs at least those flags to compile, and probably doesn't
-  # work on x86_64-v1
-  # https://github.com/libretro/ps2/blob/397b8f54b92aeffd2dd502c2c9b601305fb1de9d/cmake/BuildParameters.cmake#L101
-  env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = toString [
-    "-msse"
-    "-msse2"
-    "-msse4.1"
-    "-mfxsr"
+  cmakeFlags = with lib.strings; [
+    # Workaround the following error:
+    # > CMake Error at 3rdparty/libzip/libzip/CMakeLists.txt:1 (cmake_minimum_required):
+    # > Compatibility with CMake < 3.5 has been removed from CMake.
+    #
+    # > Update the VERSION argument <min> value.  Or, use the <min>...<max> syntax
+    # > to tell CMake that the project requires at least <min> but has been updated
+    # > to work with policies introduced by <max> or earlier.
+    #
+    # > Or, add -DCMAKE_POLICY_VERSION_MINIMUM=3.5 to try configuring anyway.
+    (cmakeFeature "CMAKE_POLICY_VERSION_MINIMUM" "3.5")
+    # Explicitly set ARCH_FLAG to avoid -march=native
+    # https://github.com/libretro/ps2/blob/9485a53fa5aa2bff17e04518116107f81a8c82e3/cmake/BuildParameters.cmake#L106-L117
+    (cmakeFeature "ARCH_FLAG" "-msse4.1")
   ];
 
   makefile = "Makefile";