diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/dpdk-kmods/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/dpdk-kmods/default.nix
index a3e4f6663860..1dc026125c3d 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/dpdk-kmods/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/dpdk-kmods/default.nix
@@ -2,20 +2,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "dpdk-kmods";
-  version = "2022-08-29";
+  version = "2023-02-05";
 
   src = fetchzip {
-    url = "https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk-kmods/snapshot/dpdk-kmods-4a589f7bed00fc7009c93d430bd214ac7ad2bb6b.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "sha256-l9asJuw2nl63I1BxK6udy2pNunRiMJxyoXeg9V5+WgI=";
+    url = "https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk-kmods/snapshot/dpdk-kmods-e721c733cd24206399bebb8f0751b0387c4c1595.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "sha256-AG5Lthp+CPR4R7I23DUmoWAmET8gLEFHHdjk2TUbQn4=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://git.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpdk-kmods/plain/debian/patches/0001-support-linux-5.18.patch?id=9d628c02c169d8190bc2cb6afd81e4d364c382cd";
-      sha256 = "sha256-j4kpx1DOnmf5lFxOhaVFNT7prEy1jrJERX2NFaybTPU=";
-    })
-  ];
-
   hardeningDisable = [ "pic" ];
 
   makeFlags = kernel.makeFlags ++ [
@@ -39,5 +32,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     license = licenses.gpl2Only;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.mic92 ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
+    broken = kernel.isHardened;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/dpdk/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/dpdk/default.nix
index 5c20e45ec354..bd5d9db661a8 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/dpdk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/dpdk/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 { stdenv, lib
-, kernel
 , fetchurl
 , pkg-config, meson, ninja, makeWrapper
 , libbsd, numactl, libbpf, zlib, elfutils, jansson, openssl, libpcap, rdma-core
@@ -13,16 +12,13 @@
   )
 }:
 
-let
-  mod = kernel != null;
-  dpdkVersion = "23.07";
-in stdenv.mkDerivation {
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "dpdk";
-  version = "${dpdkVersion}" + lib.optionalString mod "-${kernel.version}";
+  version = "23.11";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-${dpdkVersion}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "sha256-4IYU6K65KUB9c9cWmZKJpE70A0NSJx8JOX7vkysjs9Y=";
+    url = "https://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-${version}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "sha256-ZPpY/fyelRDo5BTjvt0WW9PUykZaIxsoAyP4PNU/2GU=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -44,7 +40,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
     openssl.dev
     zlib
     python3
-  ] ++ lib.optionals mod kernel.moduleBuildDependencies;
+  ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     # Propagated to support current DPDK users in nixpkgs which statically link
@@ -56,21 +52,15 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   postPatch = ''
     patchShebangs config/arm buildtools
-  '' + lib.optionalString mod ''
-    # kernel_install_dir is hardcoded to `/lib/modules`; patch that.
-    sed -i "s,kernel_install_dir *= *['\"].*,kernel_install_dir = '$kmod/lib/modules/${kernel.modDirVersion}'," kernel/linux/meson.build
   '';
 
   mesonFlags = [
     "-Dtests=false"
     "-Denable_docs=true"
-    "-Denable_kmods=${lib.boolToString mod}"
+    "-Ddeveloper_mode=disabled"
   ]
-  # kni kernel driver is currently not compatble with 5.11
-  ++ lib.optional (mod && kernel.kernelOlder "5.11") "-Ddisable_drivers=kni"
   ++ [(if shared then "-Ddefault_library=shared" else "-Ddefault_library=static")]
   ++ lib.optional (machine != null) "-Dmachine=${machine}"
-  ++ lib.optional mod "-Dkernel_dir=${kernel.dev}/lib/modules/${kernel.modDirVersion}/build"
   ++ lib.optional (withExamples != []) "-Dexamples=${builtins.concatStringsSep "," withExamples}";
 
   postInstall = ''
@@ -87,7 +77,6 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   outputs =
     [ "out" "doc" ]
-    ++ lib.optional mod "kmod"
     ++ lib.optional (withExamples != []) "examples";
 
   meta = with lib; {
@@ -96,6 +85,5 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
     license = with licenses; [ lgpl21 gpl2 bsd2 ];
     platforms =  platforms.linux;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ magenbluten orivej mic92 zhaofengli ];
-    broken = mod && kernel.isHardened;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pktgen/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pktgen/default.nix
index b81bf74a3d9e..66971444e71a 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pktgen/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pktgen/default.nix
@@ -18,23 +18,15 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "pktgen";
-  version = "22.07.1";
+  version = "23.10.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "pktgen";
     repo = "Pktgen-DPDK";
     rev = "pktgen-${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-wBLGwVdn3ymUTVv7J/kbQYz4WNIgV246PHg51+FStUo=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-eujVEU+XkxF1kIGQJoBW3oXXNSqBEzx6mwR2XYoHinM=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    (fetchpatch {
-      # Ealier DPDK deprecated some macros, which were finally removed in >= 22.11
-      url = "https://github.com/pktgen/Pktgen-DPDK/commit/089ef94ac04629f7380f5e618443bcacb2cef5ab.patch";
-      sha256 = "sha256-ITU/dIfu7QPpdIVYuCuDhDG9rVF+n8i1YYn9bFmQUME=";
-    })
-  ];
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja pkg-config ];
 
   buildInputs = [
@@ -47,9 +39,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   GUI = lib.optionalString withGtk "true";
 
   env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = toString [
-    # Needed with GCC 12
-    "-Wno-error=address"
-    "-Wno-error=use-after-free"
+    "-Wno-error=sign-compare"
   ];
 
   # requires symbols from this file
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 9992f36f040d..c21673e4ff58 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -27683,9 +27683,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   cryptodev = linuxPackages.cryptodev;
 
-  dpdk = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/dpdk {
-    kernel = null; # dpdk modules are in linuxPackages.dpdk.kmod
-  };
+  dpdk = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/dpdk { };
 
   keyutils = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/keyutils { };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/linux-kernels.nix b/pkgs/top-level/linux-kernels.nix
index afcec5061a36..4cfba7c9c724 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/linux-kernels.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/linux-kernels.nix
@@ -309,6 +309,7 @@ in {
     inherit (pkgs) odp-dpdk pktgen; # added 2018-05
     inherit (pkgs) bcc bpftrace; # added 2021-12
     inherit (pkgs) oci-seccomp-bpf-hook; # added 2022-11
+    inherit (pkgs) dpdk; # added 2024-03
 
     acpi_call = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/acpi-call {};
 
@@ -345,8 +346,6 @@ in {
 
     dpdk-kmods = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/dpdk-kmods { };
 
-    dpdk = pkgs.dpdk.override { inherit kernel; };
-
     exfat-nofuse = if lib.versionOlder kernel.version "5.8" then callPackage ../os-specific/linux/exfat { } else null;
 
     evdi = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/evdi { };