diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/xmrig/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/xmrig/default.nix
index 35a19cb3063e..4ac463068678 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/xmrig/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/xmrig/default.nix
@@ -4,22 +4,23 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "xmrig";
-  version = "6.6.1";
+  version = "6.12.2";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "xmrig";
     repo = "xmrig";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "03phq1c6fylvkg5x7l0bskspr9jdfx61jy67yx2lxhymqgpbf64z";
+    sha256 = "1gjwh509cxs8vqz72v97cir0aazcrd9y9l0k1q5ywbl5l3yf6ryf";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
   buildInputs = [ libuv libmicrohttpd openssl hwloc ];
 
+  inherit donateLevel;
+
+  patches = [ ./donate-level.patch ];
   postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace src/donate.h \
-      --replace "kDefaultDonateLevel = 5;" "kDefaultDonateLevel = ${toString donateLevel};" \
-      --replace "kMinimumDonateLevel = 1;" "kMinimumDonateLevel = ${toString donateLevel};"
+    substituteAllInPlace src/donate.h
   '';
 
   installPhase = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/xmrig/donate-level.patch b/pkgs/applications/misc/xmrig/donate-level.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3aaae3e67763
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/xmrig/donate-level.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff --git a/src/donate.h b/src/donate.h
+--- a/src/donate.h
++++ b/src/donate.h
+@@ -46,6 +46,6 @@
+  */
+-constexpr const int kDefaultDonateLevel = 1;
+-constexpr const int kMinimumDonateLevel = 1;
++constexpr const int kDefaultDonateLevel = @donateLevel@;
++constexpr const int kMinimumDonateLevel = @donateLevel@;
+ 
+ 
+ #endif /* XMRIG_DONATE_H */