diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/nu/nushell/plugins/polars/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/nu/nushell/plugins/polars/package.nix
index bfd1aeba1821..4a9233117126 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/nu/nushell/plugins/polars/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/nu/nushell/plugins/polars/package.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,11 @@
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "nu_plugin_polars";
-  inherit (nushell) version src cargoHash;
+  inherit (nushell) version src;
+
+  # https://github.com/nushell/nushell/commit/1139611e188d5fc2b0264b8b24d7d38da160f05b
+  cargoPatches = [ ./update-ethnum.patch ];
+  cargoHash = "sha256-Cpv58bqpx1o0Dz2AykqzFY+PQE/Updr5MusQflpEF74=";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.cc.isClang [ rustPlatform.bindgenHook ];
   buildInputs = [ openssl ];
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/nu/nushell/plugins/polars/update-ethnum.patch b/pkgs/by-name/nu/nushell/plugins/polars/update-ethnum.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9dd5dbc986bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/nu/nushell/plugins/polars/update-ethnum.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
+index dffde283d..61121dd60 100644
+--- a/Cargo.lock
++++ b/Cargo.lock
+@@ -2082 +2082 @@ name = "ethnum"
+-version = "1.5.2"
++version = "1.5.3"
+@@ -2084 +2084 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+-checksum = "ca81e6b4777c89fd810c25a4be2b1bd93ea034fbe58e6a75216a34c6b82c539b"
++checksum = "40404c3f5f511ec4da6fe866ddf6a717c309fdbb69fbbad7b0f3edab8f2e835f"