diff --git a/srcpkgs/wezterm/template b/srcpkgs/wezterm/template
index e07441af0b0..44b46583932 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/wezterm/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/wezterm/template
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ changelog="https://wezfurlong.org/wezterm/changelog.html"
 distfiles="https://github.com/wez/wezterm/releases/download/${_srcver}/wezterm-${_srcver}-src.tar.gz"
 checksum=8f5c15db8341b0c067d7a5f6f06d4af17d5c24526e908eac4bd70156cd565800
 
+post_patch() {
+	cargo update
+}
+
 do_check() {
 	# NOTE: cannot use build_style cargo do_check because of --release flag.
 	# NOTE: e2e::sftp is skipped due to missing ssh