diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/luarocks/darwin-3.1.3.patch b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/luarocks/darwin-3.1.3.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 8070af173aaf..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/luarocks/darwin-3.1.3.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/src/luarocks/core/cfg.lua b/src/luarocks/core/cfg.lua
-index c5af5a2..1949fdc 100644
---- a/src/luarocks/core/cfg.lua
-+++ b/src/luarocks/core/cfg.lua
-@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ local function make_defaults(lua_version, target_cpu, platforms, home)
-       defaults.external_lib_extension = "dylib"
-       defaults.arch = "macosx-"..target_cpu
-       defaults.variables.LIBFLAG = "-bundle -undefined dynamic_lookup -all_load"
--      local version = util.popen_read("sw_vers -productVersion")
-+      local version = os.getenv("MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET") or "@darwinMinVersion@"
-       version = tonumber(version and version:match("^[^.]+%.([^.]+)")) or 3
-       if version >= 10 then
-          version = 8
-@@ -434,8 +434,8 @@ local function make_defaults(lua_version, target_cpu, platforms, home)
-       else
-          defaults.gcc_rpath = false
-       end
--      defaults.variables.CC = "env MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10."..version.." gcc"
--      defaults.variables.LD = "env MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10."..version.." gcc"
-+      defaults.variables.CC = "env MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10."..version.." clang"
-+      defaults.variables.LD = "env MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10."..version.." clang"
-       defaults.web_browser = "open"
-    end
- 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/luarocks/darwin-3.7.0.patch b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/luarocks/darwin-3.7.0.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3252e6ae7b4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/luarocks/darwin-3.7.0.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+diff --git a/src/luarocks/core/cfg.lua b/src/luarocks/core/cfg.lua
+index 535bd69..b017161 100644
+--- a/src/luarocks/core/cfg.lua
++++ b/src/luarocks/core/cfg.lua
+@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ local function make_defaults(lua_version, target_cpu, platforms, home)
+       defaults.external_lib_extension = "dylib"
+       defaults.arch = "macosx-"..target_cpu
+       defaults.variables.LIBFLAG = "-bundle -undefined dynamic_lookup -all_load"
+-      local version = util.popen_read("sw_vers -productVersion")
++      local version = os.getenv("MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET") or "@darwinMinVersion@"
+       if not (version:match("^%d+%.%d+%.%d+$") or version:match("^%d+%.%d+$")) then
+          version = "10.3"
+       end
+@@ -448,8 +448,8 @@ local function make_defaults(lua_version, target_cpu, platforms, home)
+       else
+          defaults.gcc_rpath = false
+       end
+-      defaults.variables.CC = "env MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET="..tostring(version).." gcc"
+-      defaults.variables.LD = "env MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET="..tostring(version).." gcc"
++      defaults.variables.CC = "env MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET="..tostring(version).." clang"
++      defaults.variables.LD = "env MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET="..tostring(version).." clang"
+       defaults.web_browser = "open"
+    end
+ 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/luarocks/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/luarocks/default.nix
index c2449de5dd28..aa49af753b32 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/luarocks/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/luarocks/default.nix
@@ -10,16 +10,16 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "luarocks";
-  version = "3.2.1";
+  version = "3.7.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "luarocks";
     repo = "luarocks";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0viiafmb8binksda79ah828q1dfnb6jsqlk7vyndl2xvx9yfn4y2";
+    sha256 = "1sn2j7hv8nbdjqj1747glk9770zw8q5v8ivaxhvwbk3vl038ck9d";
   };
 
-  patches = [ ./darwin-3.1.3.patch ];
+  patches = [ ./darwin-3.7.0.patch ];
 
   postPatch = lib.optionalString stdenv.targetPlatform.isDarwin ''
     substituteInPlace src/luarocks/core/cfg.lua --subst-var-by 'darwinMinVersion' '${stdenv.targetPlatform.darwinMinVersion}'