diff --git a/nixos/tests/bpf.nix b/nixos/tests/bpf.nix
index 5dc97404772b..150ed0958862 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/bpf.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/bpf.nix
@@ -26,8 +26,11 @@ import ./make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, ... }: {
         "    printf(\"tgid: %d\", ((struct task_struct*) curtask)->tgid); exit() "
         "}'"))
     # module BTF (bpftrace >= 0.17)
-    print(machine.succeed("bpftrace -e 'kfunc:nft_trans_alloc_gfp { "
-        "    printf(\"portid: %d\\n\",args->ctx->portid); "
+    # test is currently disabled on aarch64 as kfunc does not work there yet
+    # https://github.com/iovisor/bpftrace/issues/2496
+    print(machine.succeed("uname -m | grep aarch64 || "
+        "bpftrace -e 'kfunc:nft_trans_alloc_gfp { "
+        "    printf(\"portid: %d\\n\", args->ctx->portid); "
         "} BEGIN { exit() }'"))
   '';
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libbpf/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libbpf/default.nix
index d6bb9d4a431b..be1a1453e871 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libbpf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libbpf/default.nix
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "libbpf";
-  version = "1.1.0";
+  version = "1.2.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "libbpf";
     repo = "libbpf";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-/vt6IA1o0gjFtXUWhEKIZ1DUWIN2LOvrhLfFzJBACGY=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-NimK4pdYcai21hZHdP1mBX1MOlNY61iDJ+PDYwpRuVE=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];