diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/difftastic/Cargo.lock b/pkgs/tools/text/difftastic/Cargo.lock
index f0bca647bebb..425b396c8b40 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/difftastic/Cargo.lock
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/difftastic/Cargo.lock
@@ -4,24 +4,31 @@ version = 3
 
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+checksum = "d713b3834d76b85304d4d525563c1276e2e30dc97cc67bfb4585a4a29fc2c89f"
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+ "cfg-if",
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+ "zerocopy",
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+checksum = "0942ffc6dcaadf03badf6e6a2d0228460359d5e34b57ccdc720b7382dfbd5ec5"
+
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-checksum = "327762f6e5a765692301e5bb513e0d9fef63be86bbc14528052b1cd3e6f03e07"
+checksum = "ed570934406eb16438a4e976b1b4500774099c13b8cb96eec99f620f05090ddf"
 
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+ "once_cell",
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  "terminal_size",
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+ "windows-sys",
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+ "windows-sys",
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+ "windows-targets",
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 checksum = "09041cd90cf85f7f8b2df60c646f853b7f535ce68f85244eb6731cf89fa498ec"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy"
+version = "0.7.32"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "74d4d3961e53fa4c9a25a8637fc2bfaf2595b3d3ae34875568a5cf64787716be"
+dependencies = [
+ "zerocopy-derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy-derive"
+version = "0.7.32"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9ce1b18ccd8e73a9321186f97e46f9f04b778851177567b1975109d26a08d2a6"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.49",
+]
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/difftastic/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/difftastic/default.nix
index e5c04d1e4cd3..e1733800cdfe 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/difftastic/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/difftastic/default.nix
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ in
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   pname = "difftastic";
-  version = "0.55.0";
+  version = "0.56.1";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "wilfred";
     repo = pname;
     rev = version;
-    hash = "sha256-ltlgZoR94BrF6FOOUnSNZf3Uagu5AZjxE7yxOwWWMzU=";
+    hash = "sha256-XQzsLowHtgXIKfUWx1Sj1D0F8scb7fNp33Cwfh5XvJI=";
   };
 
   cargoLock = {