diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ex/exo/inject-dashboard-path.patch b/pkgs/by-name/ex/exo/inject-dashboard-path.patch
index 29f964446dbb..d9a9ca63d31e 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ex/exo/inject-dashboard-path.patch
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ex/exo/inject-dashboard-path.patch
@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
 diff --git a/src/exo/utils/dashboard_path.py b/src/exo/utils/dashboard_path.py
-index b5ce9c04..ec60ef4a 100644
+index 980bb80f..7faecd27 100644
 --- a/src/exo/utils/dashboard_path.py
 +++ b/src/exo/utils/dashboard_path.py
-@@ -5,11 +5,7 @@ from typing import cast
+@@ -32,12 +32,7 @@ def _find_resources_in_bundle() -> Path | None:
  
  
  def find_dashboard() -> Path:
--    dashboard = (
--        _find_dashboard_in_env()
--        or _find_dashboard_in_repo()
--        or _find_dashboard_in_bundle()
--    )
-+    dashboard = "@dashboard@"
-     if not dashboard:
-         raise FileNotFoundError(
-             "Unable to locate dashboard assets - make sure the dashboard has been built, or export DASHBOARD_DIR if you've built the dashboard elsewhere."
+-    dashboard = _find_dashboard_in_repo() or _find_dashboard_in_bundle()
+-    if not dashboard:
+-        raise FileNotFoundError(
+-            "Unable to locate dashboard assets - you probably forgot to run `cd dashboard && npm install && npm run build && cd ..`"
+-        )
+-    return dashboard
++    return Path("@dashboard@")
+ 
+ 
+ def _find_dashboard_in_repo() -> Path | None:
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ex/exo/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ex/exo/package.nix
index ebb8d6cd55e1..4e2490011ad4 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ex/exo/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ex/exo/package.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   stdenv,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  python3Packages,
+  python3,
   replaceVars,
   macmon,
 
@@ -18,15 +18,35 @@
   nix-update-script,
 }:
 let
-  version = "1.0.67";
+  version = "1.0.68";
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     name = "exo";
     owner = "exo-explore";
     repo = "exo";
     tag = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-hipCiAqCkkyrVcQXEZKbGoVbgjM3hykUcazNPEbT+q8=";
+    hash = "sha256-ryaz68vXS/SjPxGsWxtUSlzZrLBxV1tbBmJVraZu3RI=";
   };
 
+  python = python3.override {
+    packageOverrides = _final: prev: {
+      # https://github.com/exo-explore/exo/blob/ba611f9cd0e21d3e63e2327b18fbc888fd085269/pyproject.toml#L67
+      mlx = prev.mlx.overridePythonAttrs (old: {
+        version = "custom";
+
+        src = fetchFromGitHub {
+          owner = "rltakashige";
+          repo = "mlx-jaccl-fix-small-recv";
+          rev = "address-rdma-gpu-locks";
+          hash = "sha256-GosFIWxIB48Egb1MqJrR3xhsUsQeWdRk5rV93USY6wQ=";
+        };
+        meta = old.meta // {
+          changelog = "";
+        };
+      });
+    };
+  };
+  python3Packages = python.pkgs;
+
   pyo3-bindings = python3Packages.buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
     pname = "exo-pyo3-bindings";
     inherit version src;
@@ -36,7 +56,7 @@ let
 
     cargoDeps = rustPlatform.fetchCargoVendor {
       inherit (finalAttrs) pname src version;
-      hash = "sha256-N7B1WFqPdqeNPZe9hXGyX7F3EbB1spzeKc19BFDDwls=";
+      hash = "sha256-Ga3/Yhg2Wn2w8cnNtq11/AN7K4nht4chSEIVOkYEI/U=";
     };
 
     # Bypass rust nightly features not being available on rust stable
@@ -47,18 +67,8 @@ let
       rustPlatform.maturinBuildHook
     ];
 
-    nativeCheckInputs = with python3Packages; [
-      pytest-asyncio
-      pytestCheckHook
-    ];
-
-    enabledTestPaths = [
-      "rust/exo_pyo3_bindings/tests/"
-    ];
-
-    # RuntimeError
-    # Attempted to create a NULL object
-    doCheck = !stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin;
+    # The only test is failing
+    doCheck = false;
   });
 
   dashboard = buildNpmPackage (finalAttrs: {
@@ -66,6 +76,7 @@ let
     inherit src version;
 
     sourceRoot = "${finalAttrs.src.name}/dashboard";
+    npmDepsFetcherVersion = 3;
 
     npmDeps = fetchNpmDeps {
       inherit (finalAttrs)
@@ -74,21 +85,8 @@ let
         src
         sourceRoot
         ;
-      fetcherVersion = 2;
-      hash = "sha256-ok1Yl8CIPwViioH5HOM4VWilRU3HsSa8IAsBFl/QgG0=";
-    };
-  });
-
-  # exo requires building mlx-lm from its main branch to use the kimi-k2.5 model
-  mlx-lm-unstable = python3Packages.mlx-lm.overridePythonAttrs (old: {
-    version = "0.30.4-unstable-2026-01-27";
-    src = old.src.override {
-      rev = "96699e6dadb13b82b28285bb131a0741997d19ae";
-      tag = null;
-      hash = "sha256-L1ws8XA8VhR18pRuRGbVal/yEfJaFNW8QzS16C1dFpE=";
-    };
-    meta = old.meta // {
-      changelog = "https://github.com/ml-explore/mlx-lm/releases/tag/v0.30.5";
+      fetcherVersion = 3;
+      hash = "sha256-eMmzWwsebwvrpNLqs+4iyiPsDFvwRlk+LaiKQ0SZmt8=";
     };
   });
 in
@@ -151,7 +149,8 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication (finalAttrs: {
       loguru
       mflux
       mlx
-      mlx-lm-unstable
+      mlx-lm
+      msgspec
       nvidia-ml-py
       openai
       openai-harmony
@@ -169,9 +168,16 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication (finalAttrs: {
       tomlkit
       transformers
       uvloop
+      zstandard
     ]
     ++ sqlalchemy.optional-dependencies.asyncio;
 
+  # 'resources' are not getting copied to the installation directory, so we do it manually
+  # FileNotFoundError: Unable to locate resources. Did you clone the repo properly?
+  postInstall = ''
+    cp -r resources $out/${python.sitePackages}/exo/
+  '';
+
   pythonImportsCheck = [
     "exo"
     "exo.main"
@@ -188,7 +194,18 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication (finalAttrs: {
     rm src/exo/__init__.py
   '';
 
-  disabledTests = lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
+  disabledTests = [
+    # AttributeError: type object 'builtins.Keypair' has no attribute 'generate_ed25519'
+    "test_sleep_on_multiple_items"
+
+    # Require internet access:
+    # openai_harmony.HarmonyError: error downloading or loading vocab file: failed to download or load vocab file
+    "test_both_formats_produce_identical_tool_calls"
+    "test_format_a_yields_tool_call"
+    "test_format_b_yields_tool_call"
+    "test_thinking_then_tool_call"
+  ]
+  ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
     # AssertionError: assert "MacMon not found in PATH" in str(exc_info.value)
     "test_macmon_not_found_raises_macmon_error"