diff --git a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/dwarfs/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/dwarfs/default.nix
index cd774395c2c1..e5804f378529 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/dwarfs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/dwarfs/default.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 , boost
 , cmake
 , double-conversion
-, fmt_8
+, fmt
 , fuse3
 , glog
 , gtest
@@ -20,30 +20,27 @@
 , pkg-config
 , ronn
 , xxHash
+, utf8cpp
 , zstd
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "dwarfs";
-  version = "0.6.2";
+  version = "0.7.2";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "mhx";
     repo = "dwarfs";
     rev = "v${version}";
     fetchSubmodules = true;
-    sha256 = "sha256-fA/3AooDndqYiK215cu/zTqCqeccHnwIX2CfJ9sC+Fc=";
+    hash = "sha256-DcPRrATI2cpLZWAL+sSCoXvJ1R0O3yHqhlJW1aEpDpA=";
   };
 
-  patches = with lib.versions; [
-    (substituteAll {
+  patches = [
+    (with lib.versions; substituteAll {
       src = ./version_info.patch;
 
-      gitRev = "v${version}";
-      gitDesc = "v${version}";
-      gitBranch = "v${version}";
-      gitId = "v${version}"; # displayed as version number
-
+      versionFull = version; # displayed as version number (with v prepended)
       versionMajor = major version;
       versionMinor = minor version;
       versionPatch = patch version;
@@ -54,14 +51,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "-DPREFER_SYSTEM_ZSTD=ON"
     "-DPREFER_SYSTEM_XXHASH=ON"
     "-DPREFER_SYSTEM_GTEST=ON"
+    "-DPREFER_SYSTEM_LIBFMT=ON"
 
     # may be added under an option in the future
     # "-DWITH_LEGACY_FUSE=ON"
     "-DWITH_TESTS=ON"
-
-    # temporary hack until folly builds work on aarch64,
-    # see https://github.com/facebook/folly/issues/1880
-    "-DCMAKE_LIBRARY_ARCHITECTURE=${if stdenv.isx86_64 then "x86_64" else "dummy"}"
   ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -74,12 +68,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [
     # dwarfs
     boost
-    fmt_8
+    fmt
     fuse3
     jemalloc
     libarchive
     lz4
     xxHash
+    utf8cpp
     zstd
 
     # folly
@@ -92,9 +87,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   doCheck = true;
   nativeCheckInputs = [ gtest ];
-  # this fails inside of the sandbox due to missing access
+  # these fail inside of the sandbox due to missing access
   # to the FUSE device
-  GTEST_FILTER = "-tools.everything";
+  GTEST_FILTER = "-dwarfs/tools_test.end_to_end/*:dwarfs/tools_test.mutating_ops/*";
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A fast high compression read-only file system";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/dwarfs/version_info.patch b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/dwarfs/version_info.patch
index 59936302ace0..8d62bd8d2295 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/dwarfs/version_info.patch
+++ b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/dwarfs/version_info.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,24 @@
+diff --git a/cmake/package_version.cmake b/cmake/package_version.cmake
+new file mode 100644
+index 0000000..d4fdb9c
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/cmake/package_version.cmake
+@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
++# autogenerated code, do not modify
++
++set(PRJ_GIT_REV "v@versionFull@")
++set(PRJ_GIT_DESC "v@versionFull@")
++set(PRJ_GIT_BRANCH "HEAD")
++set(PRJ_GIT_ID "v@versionFull@")
++set(PRJ_GIT_RELEASE_TAG "v@versionFull@")
++set(PRJ_VERSION_FULL "@versionFull@")
++set(PRJ_VERSION_SHORT "@versionFull@")
++set(PRJ_VERSION_MAJOR "@versionMajor@")
++set(PRJ_VERSION_MINOR "@versionMinor@")
++set(PRJ_VERSION_PATCH "@versionPatch@")
 diff --git a/include/dwarfs/version.h b/include/dwarfs/version.h
-new file mode 100755
-index 0000000..9b12c59
+new file mode 100644
+index 0000000..54cf86a
 --- /dev/null
 +++ b/include/dwarfs/version.h
 @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
@@ -21,8 +39,8 @@ index 0000000..9b12c59
 +
 +} // namespace dwarfs
 diff --git a/src/dwarfs/version.cpp b/src/dwarfs/version.cpp
-new file mode 100755
-index 0000000..3af0215
+new file mode 100644
+index 0000000..5759120
 --- /dev/null
 +++ b/src/dwarfs/version.cpp
 @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
@@ -32,9 +50,9 @@ index 0000000..3af0215
 +
 +namespace dwarfs {
 +
-+char const* PRJ_GIT_REV = "@gitRev@";
-+char const* PRJ_GIT_DESC = "@gitDesc@";
-+char const* PRJ_GIT_BRANCH = "@gitBranch@";
-+char const* PRJ_GIT_ID = "@gitId@";
++char const* PRJ_GIT_REV = "@versionFull@";
++char const* PRJ_GIT_DESC = "v@versionFull@";
++char const* PRJ_GIT_BRANCH = "HEAD";
++char const* PRJ_GIT_ID = "v@versionFull@";
 +
 +} // namespace dwarfs