diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virt-manager/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virt-manager/default.nix
index 8546f64a55b0..d7e07ed311a3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virt-manager/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virt-manager/default.nix
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
     "test_misc_nonpredicatble_generate"
     "test_disk_dir_searchable"  # does something strange with permissions
     "testCLI0001virt_install_many_devices"  # expects /var to exist
+    "testCLI0263virt_xml"  # depends on a specific libvirt version
   ];
 
   preCheck = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libvirt-glib/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libvirt-glib/package.nix
index c750d2a25551..472812e27d9e 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/libvirt-glib/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/libvirt-glib/package.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { lib
 , stdenv
 , fetchurl
+, fetchpatch
 , meson
 , ninja
 , pkg-config
@@ -28,6 +29,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "m/7DRjgkFqNXXYcpm8ZBsqRkqlGf2bEofjGKpDovO4s=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "relax-max-stack-size-limit.patch";
+      url = "https://gitlab.com/libvirt/libvirt-glib/-/commit/062f21ccaa810087637ae24e0eb69f1a0f0a45f5.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-6mvINDd1HYS7oZsyNiyEwdNJfK5I5nPx86TRMq2RevA=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     meson
     ninja
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libvirt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libvirt/default.nix
index f6e5807f6958..b1e565266f86 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libvirt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libvirt/default.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 , stdenv
 , substituteAll
 , xhtml1
-, yajl
+, json_c
 , writeScript
 , nixosTests
 
@@ -114,13 +114,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   # NOTE: You must also bump:
   # <nixpkgs/pkgs/development/python-modules/libvirt/default.nix>
   # SysVirt in <nixpkgs/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix>
-  version = "10.5.0";
+  version = "10.9.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitLab {
     owner = pname;
     repo = pname;
     rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-Nku4l1f34NOUr23KWDH9uZu72OgMK3KfYjsRRbuTvf8=";
+    hash = "sha256-LYQYA5UIKYs+8rSNZDymmrxuTWsgmukP5Y17lGB5UQs=";
     fetchSubmodules = true;
   };
 
@@ -163,6 +163,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sed -i '/qemuvhostusertest/d' tests/meson.build
     sed -i '/qemuxml2xmltest/d' tests/meson.build
     sed -i '/domaincapstest/d' tests/meson.build
+    # virshtest frequently times out on Darwin
+    substituteInPlace tests/meson.build \
+      --replace-fail "data.get('timeout', 30)" "data.get('timeout', 120)"
   '' + lib.optionalString enableXen ''
     # Has various hardcoded paths that don't exist outside of a Xen dom0.
     sed -i '/libxlxml2domconfigtest/d' tests/meson.build
@@ -202,7 +205,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     python3
     readline
     xhtml1
-    yajl
+    json_c
   ] ++ lib.optionals isLinux [
     acl
     attr
@@ -312,7 +315,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       (feat "ssh_proxy" isLinux)
       (feat "tests" true)
       (feat "udev" isLinux)
-      (feat "yajl" true)
+      (feat "json_c" true)
 
       (driver "ch" isLinux)
       (driver "esx" true)
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/libvirt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/libvirt/default.nix
index 6dbb2c867112..d2a4acd7277e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/libvirt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/libvirt/default.nix
@@ -11,14 +11,14 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "libvirt";
-  version = "10.5.0";
+  version = "10.9.0";
   pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitLab {
     owner = "libvirt";
     repo = "libvirt-python";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-dPjT9PRoUzNrY79yejAW/sbkMr0fpLif7IKZIW/K3KI=";
+    hash = "sha256-/kjpB19X90btIewW+hjLjLagJvI5X2oIHXpcSZVtu2I=";
   };
 
   build-system = [ setuptools ];
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index 6b709ce625f0..fa15b777e3a5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -24077,12 +24077,12 @@ with self; {
 
   SysVirt = buildPerlModule rec {
     pname = "Sys-Virt";
-    version = "10.2.0";
+    version = "10.9.0";
     src = fetchFromGitLab {
       owner = "libvirt";
       repo = "libvirt-perl";
       rev = "v${version}";
-      hash = "sha256-xpgZeXk9QefqbBMsvcMh/Cg/XFGEiVi3FbU/jBbSIr0=";
+      hash = "sha256-g2HH9Ep5cAa4qXo9/MKJmxeive6oqHQEX9C8qY+u2g4=";
     };
     nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgs.pkg-config ];
     buildInputs = [ pkgs.libvirt CPANChanges TestPod TestPodCoverage XMLXPath ];