diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/texinfo/common.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/texinfo/common.nix
index 00dd5a5811a5..e4439dc9a487 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/texinfo/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/texinfo/common.nix
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   patches =
     patches
     ++ optional (
-      interactive && versionAtLeast version "7.2"
+      interactive && versionAtLeast version "7.2" && versionOlder version "7.3"
     ) ./fix-test-suite-failures-with-perl-5.42.patch
     ++ optional crossBuildTools ./cross-tools-flags.patch;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/texinfo/packages.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/texinfo/packages.nix
index c7c49d788643..5208d62ffb71 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/texinfo/packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/texinfo/packages.nix
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ let
 in
 {
   texinfo7 = buildTexinfo {
-    version = "7.2";
-    hash = "sha256-AynXeI++8RP6gsuAiJyhl6NEzg33ZG/gAJdMXXFDY6Y=";
+    version = "7.3";
+    hash = "sha256-UfdOsPUc+phzuFJk391dRuiVfslbiPD7di9j2eFkxy4=";
   };
 }