diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/diffoscope/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/diffoscope/default.nix
index 61617044792b..4636266e0279 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/diffoscope/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/diffoscope/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { lib
 , stdenv
 , abootimg
+, acl
 , apksigcopier
 , apksigner
 , apktool
@@ -78,11 +79,11 @@
 # Note: when upgrading this package, please run the list-missing-tools.sh script as described below!
 python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "diffoscope";
-  version = "252";
+  version = "253";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://diffoscope.org/archive/diffoscope-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    hash = "sha256-NmYv5htZT2v04vVksIWGuaPI1rXfNmrVSmErT/faBbQ=";
+    hash = "sha256-xI+SIEUPKFxz7sk9qqE1ibSJX0WRPnJEpco0Mqv7Wp8=";
   };
 
   outputs = [
@@ -112,16 +113,20 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   # To help figuring out what's missing from the list, run: ./pkgs/tools/misc/diffoscope/list-missing-tools.sh
   #
   # Still missing these tools:
+  # Android-specific tools:
   # aapt2
   # dexdump
-  # docx2txt
-  # getfacl
+  # Darwin-specific tools:
   # lipo
   # otool
-  # r2pipe
+  # Other tools:
+  # docx2txt <- makes tests broken:
+  # > FAILED tests/comparators/test_docx.py::test_diff - IndexError: list index out of range
+  # > FAILED tests/comparators/test_docx.py::test_compare_non_existing - AssertionError
   #
   # We filter automatically all packages for the host platform (some dependencies are not supported on Darwin, aarch64, etc.).
   pythonPath = lib.filter (lib.meta.availableOn stdenv.hostPlatform) ([
+    acl
     binutils-unwrapped-all-targets
     bzip2
     cdrkit
@@ -209,6 +214,7 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
       guestfs
       h5py
       pdfminer-six
+      # docx2txt, breaks the tests.
     ])
     # oggvideotools is broken on Darwin, please put it back when it will be fixed?
     ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isLinux [ oggvideotools ]