diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gh/ghostty/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gh/ghostty/package.nix
index bf8359959186..eb48e995a235 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gh/ghostty/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gh/ghostty/package.nix
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   deps = callPackage ./deps.nix {
     name = "${finalAttrs.pname}-cache-${finalAttrs.version}";
+    zig = zig_0_13;
   };
 
   strictDeps = true;