diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 2a113b8fc..3226874d5 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -116,7 +116,16 @@
               cmake
               curl
               doxygen
-              file
+              (file.overrideAttrs (attrs: {
+                version = "5.46";
+                src = fetchurl {
+                  urls = [
+                    "https://astron.com/pub/file/file-5.46.tar.gz"
+                    "https://distfiles.macports.org/file/file-5.46.tar.gz"
+                  ];
+                  hash = "sha256-ycx3x8VgxUMTXtxVWvYJ1WGdvvARmX6YjOQKPXXYYIg=";
+                };
+              }))
               flex
               gettext
               gnumake