diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/visidata/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/visidata/default.nix
index 2e7189dc484b..cb6033fa4b62 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/visidata/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/visidata/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 , lib
 , buildPythonApplication
 , fetchFromGitHub
-# python requirements
+, fetchpatch
+  # python requirements
 , beautifulsoup4
 , boto3
 , faker
@@ -54,6 +55,20 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
     hash = "sha256-gplrkrFTIP6TLvk1YazD5roDzsPvDtOXLlTOmTio52s=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # Drop when next release is out
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "drop-support-for-python-37.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/saulpw/visidata/commit/738bb8b43814c14b1b8a1f1f60397c1520c5ef4a.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-5jDAzKMuW3s7BCGpWyLcS4Lw8GUbjNxVhF5mUKbR1YY=";
+    })
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "update-tests-for-python-312.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/saulpw/visidata/commit/627f6f126cdd49bcdda0bbc16fab42eb5bd42103.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-3FHgjLrzMHObEheJoRY8VlnDUtDZ68FqCqAyhP7333E=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     # from visidata/requirements.txt
     # packages not (yet) present in nixpkgs are commented