diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libadwaita/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libadwaita/default.nix
index 55f4a3ad3db6..b03c4c3535f0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libadwaita/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libadwaita/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { lib
 , stdenv
 , fetchFromGitLab
+, fetchpatch
 , gi-docgen
 , meson
 , ninja
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "libadwaita";
-  version = "1.3.beta";
+  version = "1.3.rc";
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" "devdoc" ];
   outputBin = "devdoc"; # demo app
@@ -30,9 +31,23 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     owner = "GNOME";
     repo = "libadwaita";
     rev = version;
-    hash = "sha256-SqJrWaGIfqxmd6OxiIWa3QfFUZgnoWKGsu6/+0QPlyI=";
+    hash = "sha256-Xb1sNT1KpWspRkjuPBcAaRMXtVpXnjhm+V2FkNthEKk=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # Fixes for the broken carousel test
+    # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/218143#issuecomment-1456610692
+    # https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libadwaita/-/merge_requests/786
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libadwaita/-/commit/cbfd8e57d5ba684c8744f6955e0435e7a09b993e.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-nVJD5Eu4gjyfIJf4/6e/ah10/dSxjLk5weWKxSP8byE=";
+    })
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libadwaita/-/commit/78dc3b1dc8527b29c8610a1ad3dee82c8b2b3771.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-Nthf5crWjNlAPI+8SQ7YfUBCcmCJrHcfkpankqSm+Ic=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   depsBuildBuild = [
     pkg-config
   ];