diff --git a/pkgs/misc/ghostscript/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/ghostscript/default.nix
index 2c6b800db1f..28344c3fc5a 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/ghostscript/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/ghostscript/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { config, stdenv, lib, fetchurl, pkg-config, zlib, expat, openssl, autoconf
 , libjpeg, libpng, libtiff, freetype, fontconfig, libpaper, jbig2dec
-, libiconv, ijs, lcms2, fetchpatch, callPackage, bash, buildPackages, openjpeg
+, libiconv, ijs, lcms2, callPackage, bash, buildPackages, openjpeg
 , cupsSupport ? config.ghostscript.cups or (!stdenv.isDarwin), cups
 , x11Support ? cupsSupport, xlibsWrapper # with CUPS, X11 only adds very little
 }:
@@ -30,19 +30,14 @@ let
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "ghostscript${lib.optionalString (x11Support) "-with-X"}";
-  version = "9.55.0";
+  version = "9.56.1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl-downloads/releases/download/gs9${lib.versions.minor version}${lib.versions.patch version}/ghostscript-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha512 = "27g72152mlwlalg232jxdhaf3ykgmqwi2pccbkwfygql1h9iz40plfbwbs1n0fkvm4zwzg5r9cr8g7w2dxih4jldiidv7rflxdy1is2";
+    sha512 = "22ysgdprh960rxmxyk2fy2my47cdrhfhbrwar1955hvad54iw79l916drp92wh3qzbxw6z40i70wk00vz8bn2ryig7qgpc1q01m2npy";
   };
 
   patches = [
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "fix-non-vendored-lcms2-typo.patch";
-      url = "https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/ghostpdl/commit/830afae5454dea3bff903869d82022306890a96c.patch";
-      sha256 = "1w9yspsgxyabvrw9ld6pv6pb7708c44ihjqvag7qqh9v1lhm48j0";
-    })
     ./urw-font-files.patch
     ./doc-no-ref.diff
   ];