diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/bat/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/bat/default.nix
index d08a609735f2..95bc44dcce06 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/bat/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/bat/default.nix
@@ -4,17 +4,22 @@
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   pname   = "bat";
-  version = "0.15.0";
+  version = "0.15.1";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner  = "sharkdp";
     repo   = pname;
     rev    = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "07yng5bwhin7yqj1hihmxgi8w0n45nks05a8795zwsw92k373ib4";
+    sha256 = "10cs94ja1dmn0f24gqkcy8rf68b3b43k6qpbb5njbg0hcx3x6cyj";
     fetchSubmodules = true;
   };
 
-  cargoSha256 = "1xqbpij6lr0bqyi0cfwgp3d4hcjhibpdc4dfm9gb39mmbgradrzf";
+  cargoSha256 = "13cphi08bp6lg054acgliir8dx2jajll4m3c4xxy04skmx555zr8";
+
+  # Disable test that's broken on macOS.
+  # This should probably be removed on the next release.
+  # https://github.com/sharkdp/bat/issues/983
+  patches = [ ./macos.patch ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig llvmPackages.libclang installShellFiles makeWrapper ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/bat/macos.patch b/pkgs/tools/misc/bat/macos.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..549782f0c91b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/bat/macos.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/src/assets.rs b/src/assets.rs
+index 4f8556f..222abc2 100644
+--- a/src/assets.rs
++++ b/src/assets.rs
+@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ mod tests {
+         assert_eq!(test.syntax_for_file("Makefile"), "Makefile");
+     }
+ 
+-    #[cfg(unix)]
++    #[cfg(all(unix,not(target_os = "macos")))]
+     #[test]
+     fn syntax_detection_invalid_utf8() {
+         use std::os::unix::ffi::OsStrExt;