diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/soundfile/0001-Fix-build-on-linux-arm64.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/soundfile/0001-Fix-build-on-linux-arm64.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fa656fd2845e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/soundfile/0001-Fix-build-on-linux-arm64.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+From b3eabd314f050a7491e82bc1560e8d8633569a06 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Zhong Jianxin <azuwis@gmail.com>
+Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2023 11:03:41 +0800
+Subject: [PATCH] Fix build on linux arm64
+
+---
+ setup.py | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
+index ef99bcc..81c2dcb 100644
+--- a/setup.py
++++ b/setup.py
+@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ else:
+             elif platform == 'linux':
+                 # the oldest mainline github runner available is ubuntu 20.04,
+                 # which runs glibc 2.31:
+-                oses = 'manylinux_2_31_x86_64'
++                oses = 'manylinux_2_31_{}'.format(architecture0)
+             else:
+                 pythons = 'py2.py3'
+                 oses = 'any'
+-- 
+2.39.1
+
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/soundfile/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/soundfile/default.nix
index 91b4e2ec7a42..a6875d5edca3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/soundfile/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/soundfile/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchPypi
-, fetchpatch
 , pytestCheckHook
 , numpy
 , libsndfile
@@ -12,15 +11,19 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "soundfile";
-  version = "0.11.0";
+  version = "0.12.1";
   # https://github.com/bastibe/python-soundfile/issues/157
   disabled = isPyPy || stdenv.isi686;
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "sha256-kxc4ock+hoTC0+HVFKxjRAzoJ+x4PqCi0+RzDj3FjBg=";
+    hash = "sha256-6OEBeyzx3adnrvGdL9nuXr4H4FDUMPd6Cnxmugi4za4=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    ./0001-Fix-build-on-linux-arm64.patch
+  ];
+
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace soundfile.py --replace "_find_library('sndfile')" "'${libsndfile.out}/lib/libsndfile${stdenv.hostPlatform.extensions.sharedLibrary}'"
   '';
@@ -29,10 +32,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ numpy libsndfile cffi ];
   propagatedNativeBuildInputs = [ cffi ];
 
-  preConfigure = lib.optionalString (stdenv.isDarwin && stdenv.isx86_64) ''
-    export PYSOUNDFILE_ARCHITECTURE=x86_64
-  '';
-
   meta = {
     description = "An audio library based on libsndfile, CFFI and NumPy";
     license = lib.licenses.bsd3;