diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/zenith/cargo-lock.patch b/pkgs/tools/system/zenith/cargo-lock.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3ab51ad5d4eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/zenith/cargo-lock.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
+index 3f4eec6..2f565c6 100644
+--- a/Cargo.lock
++++ b/Cargo.lock
+@@ -1297,7 +1297,7 @@ checksum = "712e227841d057c1ee1cd2fb22fa7e5a5461ae8e48fa2ca79ec42cfc1931183f"
+ 
+ [[package]]
+ name = "zenith"
+-version = "0.8.0"
++version = "0.8.1"
+ dependencies = [
+  "battery",
+  "bincode",
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/zenith/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/zenith/default.nix
index 7ca0f3808985..80c019995a95 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/zenith/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/zenith/default.nix
@@ -2,22 +2,24 @@
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   pname = "zenith";
-  version = "0.8.0";
+  version = "0.8.1";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "bvaisvil";
     repo = pname;
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "1m709mnhhjs30s91542rhri3xbzsb3kw8zablvn11rwp2iq1lxxx";
+    sha256 = "12wbx4zhf1rf13g3mw8vcn8aqk9vcza61vi42y6c1pb2km73qw1h";
   };
 
-  cargoSha256 = "1j6pww4mpssnr9zsbfy74llv7336kjrif1qiph998b82qj63vdlg";
+  cargoPatches = [ ./cargo-lock.patch ];
+  cargoSha256 = "1nyci2vjwsyfscsd520d1r5vyazb33hv4mrsysy6amss4jdf2dlq";
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Sort of like top or htop but with zoom-able charts, network, and disk usage";
     homepage = "https://github.com/bvaisvil/zenith";
     license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ bbigras ];
+    # doesn't build on aarch64 https://github.com/bvaisvil/zenith/issues/19
     platforms = platforms.x86;
   };
 }