diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/blender-numpy.patch b/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/blender-numpy.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c76324846b1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/blender-numpy.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+diff --git a/release/scripts/addons/io_scene_gltf2/blender/imp/gltf2_blender_mesh.py b/release/scripts/addons/io_scene_gltf2/blender/imp/gltf2_blender_mesh.py
+index 41dd4d03..a97f9d38 100755
+--- a/release/scripts/addons/io_scene_gltf2/blender/imp/gltf2_blender_mesh.py
++++ b/release/scripts/addons/io_scene_gltf2/blender/imp/gltf2_blender_mesh.py
+@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ def set_poly_smoothing(gltf, pymesh, mesh, vert_normals, loop_vidxs):
+     # Try to guess which polys should be flat based on the fact that all the
+     # loop normals for a flat poly are = the poly's normal.
+ 
+-    poly_smooths = np.empty(num_polys, dtype=np.bool)
++    poly_smooths = np.empty(num_polys, dtype=np.bool_)
+ 
+     poly_normals = np.empty(num_polys * 3, dtype=np.float32)
+     mesh.polygons.foreach_get('normal', poly_normals)
+
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix
index df783bdbba5b..77ba09c23816 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     hash = "sha256-JHxMEignDJAQ9HIcmFy1tiirUKvPnyZ4Ywc3FC7rkcM=";
   };
 
-  patches = lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin ./darwin.patch;
+  patches = [
+    # remove with 3.5.X
+    ./blender-numpy.patch
+  ] ++ lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin ./darwin.patch;
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake makeWrapper python310Packages.wrapPython llvmPackages.llvm.dev ]
     ++ lib.optionals cudaSupport [ addOpenGLRunpath ];