diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/nvtop/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/nvtop/default.nix
index 9b3ac780099e..bafffd0bf726 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/nvtop/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/nvtop/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { lib
 , stdenv
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchpatch
 , cmake
 , gtest
 , cudatoolkit
@@ -24,15 +25,23 @@ let
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "nvtop" + pname-suffix;
-  version = "2.0.2";
+  version = "2.0.3";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "Syllo";
     repo = "nvtop";
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "sha256-TlhCU7PydzHG/YMlk922mxEJ3CZw40784U0w1YawI3I=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-LhVgNU2OSM7fOUUQHYJhKhjE0fkFvYC3FIJFgu6T68Q=";
   };
 
+  #this patch should be fine to remove with next version update
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/Syllo/nvtop/commit/663a69f1c9038eabdfc3155112fb9b8d662578aa.diff";
+      sha256 = "sha256-/EJlr5b+kZnHm9UxythYreJvO+Ma+1sUI3KLBQFCCmc=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   cmakeFlags = with lib; [
     "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release"
     "-DBUILD_TESTING=ON"