diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/magma/generic.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/magma/generic.nix
index a2ccc2e1c5b5..757a1b77dafc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/magma/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/magma/generic.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 , fetchurl
 , gfortran
 , gpuTargets ? [ ] # Non-CUDA targets, that is HIP
-, rocmPackages
+, rocmPackages_5
 , lapack
 , lib
 , libpthreadstubs
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ let
   inherit (effectiveCudaPackages) cudaAtLeast cudaFlags cudaOlder;
   inherit (cudaFlags) cudaCapabilities;
 
+  # move to newer ROCm version once supported
+  rocmPackages = rocmPackages_5;
+
   # NOTE: The lists.subtractLists function is perhaps a bit unintuitive. It subtracts the elements
   #   of the first list *from* the second list. That means:
   #   lists.subtractLists a b = b - a