diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ra/radicle-node/61865b5b5ad715e2b812087947281f0add9aa05e.patch b/pkgs/by-name/ra/radicle-node/61865b5b5ad715e2b812087947281f0add9aa05e.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 742ac55a7f54..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ra/radicle-node/61865b5b5ad715e2b812087947281f0add9aa05e.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-commit 61865b5b5ad715e2b812087947281f0add9aa05e
-Author: Fintan Halpenny <fintan.halpenny@gmail.com>
-Date:   2024-11-19 14:38:38 +0100
-
-    cob: fix documentation
-    
-    `no_run` will compile but not run the code. Use `ignore` instead, and also added
-    `rust` for syntax highlighting.
-
-diff --git a/radicle-cob/src/backend/git/stable.rs b/radicle-cob/src/backend/git/stable.rs
-index 0d8ea27b..ef18ae55 100644
---- a/radicle-cob/src/backend/git/stable.rs
-+++ b/radicle-cob/src/backend/git/stable.rs
-@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ pub fn read_timestamp() -> i64 {
- ///
- /// # Usage
- ///
--/// ```no_run
-+/// ```rust, ignore
- /// let oid1 = with_advanced_timestamp(|| cob.update("New revision OID"));
- /// let oid2 = with_advanced_timestamp(|| cob.update("Another revision OID"));
- /// ```
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ra/radicle-node/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ra/radicle-node/package.nix
index 22dab16a679e..9024e11bddde 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ra/radicle-node/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ra/radicle-node/package.nix
@@ -19,20 +19,22 @@
 }:
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   pname = "radicle-node";
-  version = "1.1.0";
+  version = "1.2.0";
   env.RADICLE_VERSION = version;
 
   src = fetchgit {
     url = "https://seed.radicle.xyz/z3gqcJUoA1n9HaHKufZs5FCSGazv5.git";
-    rev = "refs/namespaces/z6MksFqXN3Yhqk8pTJdUGLwATkRfQvwZXPqR2qMEhbS9wzpT/refs/tags/v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-M4oz9tWjI/eqV4Gz1b512MEmvsZ5u3R9y6P9VeeH9CA=";
+    rev = "refs/namespaces/z6MkireRatUThvd3qzfKht1S44wpm4FEWSSa4PRMTSQZ3voM/refs/tags/v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-AWgLhL6GslE3r2FcZu2imV5ZtEKlUD+a4C5waRGO2lM=";
+    leaveDotGit = true;
+    postFetch = ''
+      git -C $out rev-parse HEAD > $out/.git_head
+      git -C $out log -1 --pretty=%ct HEAD > $out/.git_time
+      rm -rf $out/.git
+    '';
   };
   useFetchCargoVendor = true;
-  cargoHash = "sha256-SzwBQxTqQafHDtH8+OWkAMDnKh3AH0PeSMBWpHprQWM=";
-
-  patches = [
-    ./61865b5b5ad715e2b812087947281f0add9aa05e.patch
-  ];
+  cargoHash = "sha256-/6VlRwWtJfHf6tXD2HJUTbThwTYeZFTJqtaxclrm3+c=";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     asciidoctor
@@ -41,6 +43,11 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   ];
   nativeCheckInputs = [ git ];
 
+  preBuild = ''
+    export GIT_HEAD=$(<$src/.git_head)
+    export SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH=$(<$src/.git_time)
+  '';
+
   # tests regularly time out on aarch64
   doCheck = stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux && stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86;