diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix
index 2190307fbb56..2a28a4edc4f5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 , colladaSupport ? true, opencollada
 , makeWrapper
 , pugixml, SDL, Cocoa, CoreGraphics, ForceFeedback, OpenAL, OpenGL
+, embree
 }:
 
 with lib;
@@ -17,11 +18,11 @@ let python = python3Packages.python; in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "blender";
-  version = "2.83.5";
+  version = "2.90.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://download.blender.org/source/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "0xyawly00a59hfdb6b7va84k5fhcv2mxnzd77vs22bzi9y7sap43";
+    sha256 = "08qkvgdfrqh4ljqw5m64bbki1dsfcs4xnwzq6829z3ddhiwrxw84";
   };
 
   patches = lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin ./darwin.patch;
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       (opensubdiv.override { inherit cudaSupport; })
       tbb
       makeWrapper
+      embree
     ]
     ++ (if (!stdenv.isDarwin) then [
       libXi libX11 libXext libXrender
@@ -50,8 +52,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ++ optional cudaSupport cudatoolkit
     ++ optional colladaSupport opencollada;
 
-  postPatch =
-    if stdenv.isDarwin then ''
+  postPatch = ''
+    # allow usage of dynamically linked embree
+    rm build_files/cmake/Modules/FindEmbree.cmake
+  '' +
+    (if stdenv.isDarwin then ''
       : > build_files/cmake/platform/platform_apple_xcode.cmake
       substituteInPlace source/creator/CMakeLists.txt \
         --replace '${"$"}{LIBDIR}/python' \
@@ -77,7 +82,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
                   'set(OPENEXR_INCLUDE_DIRS "${openexr.dev}/include/OpenEXR") #'
     '' else ''
       substituteInPlace extern/clew/src/clew.c --replace '"libOpenCL.so"' '"${ocl-icd}/lib/libOpenCL.so"'
-    '';
+    '');
 
   cmakeFlags =
     [