diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virt-manager/qt.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virt-manager/qt.nix
index 1633c8d66f3a..840ada805d75 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virt-manager/qt.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virt-manager/qt.nix
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
 
 mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "virt-manager-qt";
-  version = "0.71.95";
+  version = "0.72.97";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner  = "F1ash";
     repo   = "qt-virt-manager";
     rev    = version;
-    sha256 = "1s8753bzsjyixpv1c2l9d1xjcn8i47k45qj7pr50prc64ldf5f47";
+    sha256 = "0b2bx7ah35glcsiv186sc9cqdrkhg1vs9jz036k9byk61np0cb1i";
   };
 
   cmakeFlags = [
@@ -22,10 +22,9 @@ mkDerivation rec {
 
   patches = [
     (fetchpatch {
-      # Maintainer note: Check whether this patch is still needed when a new version is released
-      name = "krdc-variable-name-changes.patch";
-      url = "https://github.com/fadenb/qt-virt-manager/commit/4640f5f64534ed7c8a1ecc6851f1c7503988de6d.patch";
-      sha256 = "1chl58nra1mj96n8jmnjbsyr6vlwkhn38afhwqsbr0bgyg23781v";
+      # drop with next update
+      url = "https://github.com/F1ash/qt-virt-manager/commit/0d338b037ef58c376d468c1cd4521a34ea181edd.patch";
+      sha256 = "1wjqyc5wsnxfwwjzgqjr9hcqhd867amwhjd712qyvpvz8x7p2s24";
     })
   ];