diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ba/bao/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ba/bao/package.nix
index c0477ea969d2..56a3071df33a 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ba/bao/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ba/bao/package.nix
@@ -6,21 +6,16 @@
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   pname = "bao";
-  version = "0.12.1";
+  version = "0.13.0";
 
   src = fetchCrate {
     inherit version;
     pname = "${pname}_bin";
-    hash = "sha256-+MjfqIg/aKPWhzxbPJ0dnS4egCj50Ib7ob3zXUSBXRg=";
+    hash = "sha256-MpMNhL1n8dNJJcJJiDXv/qWUgCNqQIvvcR8veH+abuI=";
   };
 
-  cargoPatches = [
-    # https://github.com/oconnor663/bao/pull/55
-    ./test-exe.patch
-  ];
-
   useFetchCargoVendor = true;
-  cargoHash = "sha256-gJj+4NAtvSpAlX3q2GEQh1CgqKhw5vd6huPrV8NRsiE=";
+  cargoHash = "sha256-Vw8T/pgGMjI8QklkQNuZSYmKcKhaR320q8ZBAT4HPZ8=";
 
   meta = {
     description = "Implementation of BLAKE3 verified streaming";
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ba/bao/test-exe.patch b/pkgs/by-name/ba/bao/test-exe.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 0dd08724b53a..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ba/bao/test-exe.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
-index 2f66e42..34240e8 100644
---- a/Cargo.toml
-+++ b/Cargo.toml
-@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ path = "src/main.rs"
- [dependencies.arrayref]
- version = "0.3.5"
- 
-+[dependencies.assert_cmd]
-+version = "2.0.16"
-+
- [dependencies.bao]
- version = "0.12"
- 
-diff --git a/tests/test.rs b/tests/test.rs
-index f9427bd..48aabca 100644
---- a/tests/test.rs
-+++ b/tests/test.rs
-@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
- use duct::cmd;
- use rand::prelude::*;
--use std::env::consts::EXE_EXTENSION;
- use std::fs;
--use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
-+use std::path::PathBuf;
- use std::sync::Once;
- use tempfile::tempdir;
- 
-@@ -15,10 +14,7 @@ pub fn bao_exe() -> PathBuf {
-             .expect("build failed");
-     });
- 
--    Path::new("target")
--        .join("debug")
--        .join("bao")
--        .with_extension(EXE_EXTENSION)
-+    assert_cmd::cargo::cargo_bin("bao")
- }
- 
- #[test]