diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/bats/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/bats/default.nix
index 000c6045922c..17d22a14cae5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/bats/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/bats/default.nix
@@ -18,17 +18,22 @@
 , makeWrapper
 , runCommand
 , doInstallCheck ? true
+# packages that use bats (for update testing)
+, bash-preexec
+, kikit
+, locate-dominating-file
+, packcc
 }:
 
 resholve.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "bats";
-  version = "1.10.0";
+  version = "1.11.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "bats-core";
     repo = "bats-core";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-gy4dyoKRlf2WFmH1/mSNwhVR3df92BgpT4TjTpV4FyQ=";
+    hash = "sha256-goHIhbBoCf1eb1N8xIHdVvAURofvLDgEDXofhDHrr7Y=";
   };
 
   patchPhase = ''
@@ -64,11 +69,13 @@ resholve.mkDerivation rec {
         external = [
           "greadlink"
           "shlock"
+        ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
           "pkill" # procps doesn't supply this on darwin
         ];
       };
       fix = {
         "$BATS_ROOT" = [ "${placeholder "out"}" ];
+        "$BATS_LIBDIR" = [ "lib" ];
         "$BATS_LIBEXEC" = [ "${placeholder "out"}/libexec/bats-core" ];
       };
       keep = {
@@ -94,6 +101,7 @@ resholve.mkDerivation rec {
         "$BATS_LINE_REFERENCE_FORMAT" = "comma_line";
         "$BATS_LOCKING_IMPLEMENTATION" = "${flock}/bin/flock";
         "$parallel_binary_name" = "${parallel}/bin/parallel";
+        "${placeholder "out"}/libexec/bats-core/bats-preprocess" = true;
       };
       execer = [
         /*
@@ -110,6 +118,10 @@ resholve.mkDerivation rec {
         # these do exec, but other internal files
         "cannot:libexec/bats-core/bats-exec-file"
         "cannot:libexec/bats-core/bats-exec-suite"
+        "cannot:libexec/bats-core/bats-gather-tests"
+      ] ++ lib.optionals (!stdenv.isDarwin) [
+        # checked invocations for exec
+        "cannot:${procps}/bin/pkill"
       ];
     };
   };
@@ -134,78 +146,90 @@ resholve.mkDerivation rec {
       '';
     };
 
-  passthru.tests.libraries = runCommand "${bats.name}-with-libraries-test" {
-    testScript = ''
-      setup() {
-        bats_load_library bats-support
-        bats_load_library bats-assert
-        bats_load_library bats-file
-        bats_load_library bats-detik/detik.bash
+  passthru.tests = {
+    libraries = runCommand "${bats.name}-with-libraries-test" {
+      testScript = ''
+        setup() {
+          bats_load_library bats-support
+          bats_load_library bats-assert
+          bats_load_library bats-file
+          bats_load_library bats-detik/detik.bash
 
-        bats_require_minimum_version 1.5.0
+          bats_require_minimum_version 1.5.0
 
-        TEST_TEMP_DIR="$(temp_make --prefix 'nixpkgs-bats-test')"
-      }
+          TEST_TEMP_DIR="$(temp_make --prefix 'nixpkgs-bats-test')"
+        }
 
-      teardown() {
-        temp_del "$TEST_TEMP_DIR"
-      }
+        teardown() {
+          temp_del "$TEST_TEMP_DIR"
+        }
 
-      @test echo_hi {
-        run -0 echo hi
-        assert_output "hi"
-      }
+        @test echo_hi {
+          run -0 echo hi
+          assert_output "hi"
+        }
 
-      @test cp_failure {
-        run ! cp
-        assert_line --index 0 "cp: missing file operand"
-        assert_line --index 1 "Try 'cp --help' for more information."
-      }
+        @test cp_failure {
+          run ! cp
+          assert_line --index 0 "cp: missing file operand"
+          assert_line --index 1 "Try 'cp --help' for more information."
+        }
 
-      @test file_exists {
-        echo "hi" > "$TEST_TEMP_DIR/hello.txt"
-        assert_file_exist "$TEST_TEMP_DIR/hello.txt"
-        run cat "$TEST_TEMP_DIR/hello.txt"
-        assert_output "hi"
-      }
+        @test file_exists {
+          echo "hi" > "$TEST_TEMP_DIR/hello.txt"
+          assert_file_exist "$TEST_TEMP_DIR/hello.txt"
+          run cat "$TEST_TEMP_DIR/hello.txt"
+          assert_output "hi"
+        }
+      '';
+      passAsFile = [ "testScript" ];
+    } ''
+      ${bats.withLibraries (p: [ p.bats-support p.bats-assert p.bats-file p.bats-detik ])}/bin/bats "$testScriptPath"
+      touch "$out"
     '';
-    passAsFile = [ "testScript" ];
-  } ''
-    ${bats.withLibraries (p: [ p.bats-support p.bats-assert p.bats-file p.bats-detik ])}/bin/bats "$testScriptPath"
-    touch "$out"
-  '';
 
-  passthru.tests.upstream = bats.unresholved.overrideAttrs (old: {
-    name = "${bats.name}-tests";
-    dontInstall = true; # just need the build directory
-    nativeInstallCheckInputs = [
-      ncurses
-      parallel # skips some tests if it can't detect
-      flock # skips some tests if it can't detect
-      procps
-    ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ lsof ];
-    inherit doInstallCheck;
-    installCheckPhase = ''
-      # TODO: cut if https://github.com/bats-core/bats-core/issues/418 allows
-      sed -i '/test works even if PATH is reset/a skip "disabled for nix build"' test/bats.bats
+    upstream = bats.unresholved.overrideAttrs (old: {
+      name = "${bats.name}-tests";
+      dontInstall = true; # just need the build directory
+      nativeInstallCheckInputs = [
+        ncurses
+        parallel # skips some tests if it can't detect
+        flock # skips some tests if it can't detect
+        procps
+      ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ lsof ];
+      inherit doInstallCheck;
+      installCheckPhase = ''
+        # TODO: cut if https://github.com/bats-core/bats-core/issues/418 allows
+        sed -i '/test works even if PATH is reset/a skip "disabled for nix build"' test/bats.bats
 
-      # skip tests that assume bats `install.sh` will be in BATS_ROOT
-      rm test/root.bats
+        # skip tests that assume bats `install.sh` will be in BATS_ROOT
+        rm test/root.bats
 
-      '' + (lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin ''
-      # skip new timeout tests which are failing on macOS for unclear reasons
-      # This might relate to procps not having a pkill?
-      rm test/timeout.bats
-      '') + ''
+        '' + (lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin ''
+        # skip new timeout tests which are failing on macOS for unclear reasons
+        # This might relate to procps not having a pkill?
+        rm test/timeout.bats
+        '') + ''
 
-      # test generates file with absolute shebang dynamically
-      substituteInPlace test/install.bats --replace \
-        "/usr/bin/env bash" "${bash}/bin/bash"
+        # test generates file with absolute shebang dynamically
+        substituteInPlace test/install.bats --replace \
+          "/usr/bin/env bash" "${bash}/bin/bash"
 
-      ${bats}/bin/bats test
-      touch $out
-    '';
-  });
+        ${bats}/bin/bats test
+        touch $out
+      '';
+    });
+
+    # to see when updates would break things, include packages
+    # that use nixpkgs' bats for testing (as long as they
+    # aren't massive builds)
+    inherit bash-preexec locate-dominating-file packcc;
+    resholve = resholve.tests.cli;
+  } // lib.optionalAttrs (!stdenv.isDarwin) {
+    # TODO: kikit's kicad dependency is marked broken on darwin atm
+    # may be able to fold this up if that resolves.
+    inherit kikit;
+  };
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/bats-core/bats-core";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/misc/resholve/test.nix b/pkgs/development/misc/resholve/test.nix
index d9862bef7cf5..e9551b5be2a9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/misc/resholve/test.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/misc/resholve/test.nix
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 , gettext
 , rSrc
 , runDemo ? false
+, fetchpatch
 , binlore
 , sqlite
 , unixtools
@@ -122,6 +123,21 @@ rec {
     name = "resholve-test";
     src = rSrc;
 
+    # TODO: should be removable on next resholve update--just
+    # temporarily work around test breaks caused by changes in
+    # bats 1.10.0. Since this is just about fixing tests, I'm
+    # patching test source to avoid going through staging.
+    patches = [
+      (fetchpatch {
+        url = "https://github.com/abathur/resholve/commit/e1d6ccbc9cd5ec26122997610954dcb7d826f652.patch";
+        hash = "sha256-XA9KUc/OAD2S8Vpt+C7KcjTP44rnZ4FLdgnnRqVWdWY=";
+      })
+      (fetchpatch {
+        url = "https://github.com/abathur/resholve/commit/50db1a6a97baa7d7543a8abe33dddda62b487c65.patch";
+        hash = "sha256-m1dKaLI02Wag7uacG4BkcdCXw30Kn6J4ydTqPd7bsak=";
+      })
+    ];
+
     dontBuild = true;
 
     installPhase = ''