diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/re/renderdoc/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/re/renderdoc/package.nix
index 314d16b76b23..93d929ad148c 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/re/renderdoc/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/re/renderdoc/package.nix
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   bison,
   cmake,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  fetchpatch,
   libXdmcp,
   libglvnd,
   libpthreadstubs,
@@ -33,13 +34,13 @@ let
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "renderdoc";
-  version = "1.39";
+  version = "1.40";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "baldurk";
     repo = "renderdoc";
     rev = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-UFaZtSA3oYOYKuV2loh5tX1rLnoKgRypaJe6H+j/uHU=";
+    hash = "sha256-420UV9I+jJ8sLOQVhfGfkGPqAnN+kgPy8k0rZLt5X+Y=";
   };
 
   outputs = [
@@ -48,6 +49,17 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     "doc"
   ];
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      # https://github.com/baldurk/renderdoc/issues/2945
+      # https://github.com/baldurk/renderdoc/commit/adf8acbccd642c8bc62256fb5580795320364895
+      name = "devendor-pcre.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/baldurk/renderdoc/commit/adf8acbccd642c8bc62256fb5580795320364895.patch?full_index=1";
+      hash = "sha256-uQoSVmgU09tw7ccTnH1MrisDisTUbaXTelA1YdsYPlM=";
+      revert = true;
+    })
+  ];
+
   buildInputs = [
     libXdmcp
     libpthreadstubs