diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/zee/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/zee/default.nix
index 9442044a16971..8de11fd5d59c2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/zee/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/zee/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, rustPlatform, fetchFromGitHub, pkg-config, openssl, stdenv, Security }:
+{ lib, rustPlatform, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, pkg-config, openssl, stdenv, Security }:
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   pname = "zee";
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-/9SogKOaXdFDB+e0//lrenTTbfmXqNFGr23L+6Pnm8w=";
   };
 
+  cargoPatches = [
+    # fixed upstream but unreleased
+    ./update-ropey-for-rust-1.65.diff
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
 
   buildInputs = [ openssl ] ++ lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin Security;
@@ -20,7 +25,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   # see https://github.com/zee-editor/zee#syntax-highlighting
   ZEE_DISABLE_GRAMMAR_BUILD=1;
 
-  cargoSha256 = "sha256-mbqI1csnU95VWgax4GjIxB+nhMtmpaeJ8QQ3qb0hY4c=";
+  cargoHash = "sha256-fBBjtjM7AnyAL6EOFstL4h6yS+UoLgxck6Mc0tJcXaI=";
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A modern text editor for the terminal written in Rust";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/zee/update-ropey-for-rust-1.65.diff b/pkgs/applications/editors/zee/update-ropey-for-rust-1.65.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..edc3f6baa4b70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/zee/update-ropey-for-rust-1.65.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
+index 7159c28..0fa43c2 100644
+--- a/Cargo.lock
++++ b/Cargo.lock
+@@ -1248,9 +1248,9 @@ dependencies = [
+ 
+ [[package]]
+ name = "ropey"
+-version = "1.4.1"
++version = "1.5.0"
+ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+-checksum = "fa0dd9b26e2a102b33d400b7b7d196c81a4014eb96eda90b1c5b48d7215d9633"
++checksum = "bbd22239fafefc42138ca5da064f3c17726a80d2379d817a3521240e78dd0064"
+ dependencies = [
+  "smallvec",
+  "str_indices",
+@@ -1408,9 +1408,9 @@ checksum = "a2eb9349b6444b326872e140eb1cf5e7c522154d69e7a0ffb0fb81c06b37543f"
+ 
+ [[package]]
+ name = "str_indices"
+-version = "0.3.2"
++version = "0.4.0"
+ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+-checksum = "adfad63a1b47951101cd667a85b2959a62910cf03f814fff25df89c460b873f8"
++checksum = "9d9199fa80c817e074620be84374a520062ebac833f358d74b37060ce4a0f2c0"
+ 
+ [[package]]
+ name = "strsim"