diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix
index 0033d3e1bd2a..2e1294a4080c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
   darwin,
   dbus,
   embree,
+  fetchpatch,
   fetchurl,
   fetchzip,
   ffmpeg,
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@
   pkg-config,
   potrace,
   pugixml,
-  python311Packages, # must use instead of python3.pkgs, see https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/211340
+  python3Packages, # must use instead of python3.pkgs, see https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/211340
   rocmPackages, # comes with a significantly larger closure size
   runCommand,
   spaceNavSupport ? stdenv.isLinux,
@@ -86,7 +87,6 @@
 }:
 
 let
-  python3Packages = python311Packages;
   python3 = python3Packages.python;
   pyPkgsOpenusd = python3Packages.openusd.override { withOsl = false; };
 
@@ -111,7 +111,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     hash = "sha256-T7s69k0/hN9ccQN0hFQibBiFwawu1Tc9DOoegOgsCEg=";
   };
 
-  patches = [ ./draco.patch ] ++ lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin ./darwin.patch;
+  patches = [
+    ./draco.patch
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://projects.blender.org/blender/blender/commit/ae35b5758791bebb21741f9b505b9fca347ae50e.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-xUi55+7aiwEjtjqOi8to1YxdPlsBUThCCkCa5T6LIQc=";
+    })
+  ] ++ lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin ./darwin.patch;
 
   postPatch =
     (
@@ -177,7 +183,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       "-DWITH_GHOST_WAYLAND_DYNLOAD=OFF"
       "-DWITH_GHOST_WAYLAND_LIBDECOR=ON"
     ]
-    ++ lib.optionals (stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch64 && stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux) [ "-DWITH_CYCLES_EMBREE=OFF" ]
+    ++ lib.optionals (stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch64 && stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux) [
+      "-DWITH_CYCLES_EMBREE=OFF"
+    ]
     ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
       "-DLIBDIR=/does-not-exist"
       "-DWITH_CYCLES_OSL=OFF" # causes segfault on aarch64-darwin
@@ -320,15 +328,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   # Set RUNPATH so that libcuda and libnvrtc in /run/opengl-driver(-32)/lib can be
   # found. See the explanation in libglvnd.
-  postFixup = lib.optionalString cudaSupport ''
-    for program in $out/bin/blender $out/bin/.blender-wrapped; do
-      isELF "$program" || continue
-      addOpenGLRunpath "$program"
-    done
-  ''
-  + lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
-    makeWrapper $out/Applications/Blender.app/Contents/MacOS/Blender $out/bin/blender
-  '';
+  postFixup =
+    lib.optionalString cudaSupport ''
+      for program in $out/bin/blender $out/bin/.blender-wrapped; do
+        isELF "$program" || continue
+        addOpenGLRunpath "$program"
+      done
+    ''
+    + lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
+      makeWrapper $out/Applications/Blender.app/Contents/MacOS/Blender $out/bin/blender
+    '';
 
   passthru = {
     python = python3;
@@ -342,9 +351,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       };
 
     tests = {
-      render = runCommand "${finalAttrs.pname}-test" {
-        nativeBuildInputs = [ mesa.llvmpipeHook ];
-      } ''
+      render = runCommand "${finalAttrs.pname}-test" { nativeBuildInputs = [ mesa.llvmpipeHook ]; } ''
         set -euo pipefail
         cat <<'PYTHON' > scene-config.py
         import bpy
@@ -396,7 +403,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     # They comment two licenses: GPLv2 and Blender License, but they
     # say: "We've decided to cancel the BL offering for an indefinite period."
     # OptiX, enabled with cudaSupport, is non-free.
-    license = with lib.licenses; [ gpl2Plus ] ++ lib.optional cudaSupport (unfree // { shortName = "NVidia OptiX EULA"; });
+    license =
+      with lib.licenses;
+      [ gpl2Plus ] ++ lib.optional cudaSupport (unfree // { shortName = "NVidia OptiX EULA"; });
 
     platforms = [
       "aarch64-linux"