diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/biology/bicpl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/biology/bicpl/default.nix
index c15689aa606a..45d1b159d074 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/biology/bicpl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/biology/bicpl/default.nix
@@ -1,19 +1,38 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, libminc, netpbm }:
+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  fetchpatch,
+  cmake,
+  libminc,
+  netpbm,
+}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "bicpl";
-  version = "unstable-2020-10-15";
+  version = "unstable-2023-01-19";
 
-  # current master is significantly ahead of most recent release, so use Git version:
+  # master is not actively maintained, using develop and develop-apple branches
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner  = "BIC-MNI";
-    repo   = pname;
-    rev    = "a58af912a71a4c62014975b89ef37a8e72de3c9d";
-    sha256 = "0iw0pmr8xrifbx5l8a0xidfqbm1v8hwzqrw0lcmimxlzdihyri0g";
+    owner = "BIC-MNI";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "884b3ac8db945a17df51a325d29f49b825a61c3e";
+    hash = "sha256-zAA+hPwjMawQ1rJuv8W30EqKO+AI0aq9ybquBnKlzC0=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # fixes build by including missing time.h header
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/RaghavSood/bicpl/commit/3def4acd6bae61ff7a930ef8422ad920690382a6.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-VdAKuLWTZY7JriK1rexIiuj8y5ToaSEJ5Y+BbnfdYnI=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
-  buildInputs = [ libminc netpbm ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    libminc
+    netpbm
+  ];
 
   cmakeFlags = [ "-DLIBMINC_DIR=${libminc}/lib/cmake" ];
 
@@ -25,6 +44,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     description = "Brain Imaging Centre programming library";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ bcdarwin ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
-    license   = with licenses; [ hpndUc gpl3Plus ];
+    license = with licenses; [
+      hpndUc
+      gpl3Plus
+    ];
   };
 }