diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ze/zed-editor/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ze/zed-editor/package.nix
index 6908ceaf96fd..a1ffef86f5ec 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ze/zed-editor/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ze/zed-editor/package.nix
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
   libx11,
   libxext,
   livekit-libwebrtc,
+  lld,
   testers,
   writableTmpDirAsHomeHook,
 
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ let
 in
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "zed-editor";
-  version = "1.4.4";
+  version = "1.5.4";
 
   outputs = [
     "out"
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
     owner = "zed-industries";
     repo = "zed";
     tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-ALK/ZffZ+sqMaZi5dy40nzE1dLqZrbgbxRcQaYL6AkI=";
+    hash = "sha256-I9+v5qeubBA9bAS4OU7V/BsxxfP5rj9aS4xvopbF578=";
   };
 
   postPatch = ''
@@ -139,7 +140,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
     rm -r $out/git/*/candle-book/
   '';
 
-  cargoHash = "sha256-XHkQ9jrOsDbpt+zC96QrBqvCzEeuzC/WY4cjRdYVr9Q=";
+  cargoHash = "sha256-x40nSnpksKX+JFuN1RSsVm3OrrArb0rtalQplLstAd8=";
 
   __structuredAttrs = true;
 
@@ -152,6 +153,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
   ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux [ makeBinaryWrapper ]
   ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
     cargo-bundle
+    lld
     rustPlatform.bindgenHook
   ];
 
@@ -208,6 +210,11 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
     # Used by `zed --version`
     RELEASE_VERSION = finalAttrs.version;
     LK_CUSTOM_WEBRTC = livekit-libwebrtc;
+  }
+  // lib.optionalAttrs stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin {
+    # Link with lld on Darwin. nixpkgs' classic open-source ld64 fails to insert
+    # ARM64 branch thunks for this binary, producing `b(l) ARM64 branch out of range`.
+    NIX_CFLAGS_LINK = "-fuse-ld=lld";
   };
 
   preBuild = ''