diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sk/sketchybar-app-font/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/sk/sketchybar-app-font/package.nix
index aa0ac0ab42ec..4e621946302a 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/sk/sketchybar-app-font/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/sk/sketchybar-app-font/package.nix
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
   stdenvNoCC,
   nodejs,
   nix-update-script,
+  fetchpatch,
 }:
 stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "sketchybar-app-font";
@@ -51,6 +52,15 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     runHook postInstall
   '';
 
+  patches = [
+    # TODO: remove on next release
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "lua-regression-patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/kvndrsslr/sketchybar-app-font/commit/f6735ef0acacc700b84b31b2cc3f430bf0f01f6e.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-Fj3oqRdEvRcM0Bz6E97lN02H+nRx5vonW1p2jcSig7s=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
 
   meta = {