diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/kanata/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/kanata/default.nix
index 2ef4d13c366b..d9b1bc06b205 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/kanata/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/kanata/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 { fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchpatch
 , lib
 , rustPlatform
 , withCmd ? false
@@ -6,16 +7,24 @@
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   pname = "kanata";
-  version = "1.1.0";
+  version = "1.2.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "jtroo";
     repo = pname;
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-/v3P5C0F/FVPJqJ38dzSnAc7ua2fOs3BeX9BDoQ8bDw=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-mQSbsJ+3mKoDMg0ewwR7UvXUq+5WA9aTPKWCaTz8nDE=";
   };
 
-  cargoHash = "sha256-KXsW0fgbBy0tf/He0vH9Xq8yGuz77H/jeIabgw3ppy8=";
+  cargoHash = "sha256-Pu96OGfnXNaIse/IcwFJWxGMlKOVhZ6DtvgXJkHh+Ao=";
+
+  cargoPatches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "serialize-cfg-parsing-tests-for-1.2.0.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/jtroo/kanata/commit/9ef1e80fbcb40402262e08bd9196d000f73f686d.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-/FhyaYx4usDjGoVfRktf9dtwjY4oXdMQKqxLz00/NPY=";
+    })
+  ];
 
   buildFeatures = lib.optional withCmd "cmd";