diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/julia/1.6-bin.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/julia/1.6-bin.nix
index d8640228513e..ad6083a1ea3b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/julia/1.6-bin.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/julia/1.6-bin.nix
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "julia-bin";
-  version = "1.6.2";
+  version = "1.6.3";
 
   src = {
     x86_64-linux = fetchurl {
       url = "https://julialang-s3.julialang.org/bin/linux/x64/${lib.versions.majorMinor version}/julia-${version}-linux-x86_64.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0h1jh8gbvxb0pl1an0fbbg4lbd0sa24yj2f4yqwavw8dbdvvbd1y";
+      sha256 = "0jrijj9snfx70692z2301rjassvwjcsjbxdsjyif9hyp9hrrqif7";
     };
   }.${stdenv.hostPlatform.system} or (throw "Unsupported system: ${stdenv.hostPlatform.system}");
 
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   patches = [
     # Source release Nix patch(es) relevant for binary releases as well.
     ./patches/1.6-bin/0002-nix-Skip-tempname-test-broken-in-sandbox.patch
-    ./patches/1.6-bin/0003-nix-Skip-chown-tests-broken-in-sandbox.patch
     ./patches/1.6-bin/0005-nix-Enable-parallel-unit-tests-for-sandbox.patch
   ];
   postPatch = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/julia/patches/1.6-bin/0003-nix-Skip-chown-tests-broken-in-sandbox.patch b/pkgs/development/compilers/julia/patches/1.6-bin/0003-nix-Skip-chown-tests-broken-in-sandbox.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e63c88c8fe3b..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/julia/patches/1.6-bin/0003-nix-Skip-chown-tests-broken-in-sandbox.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-From b20357fb1044d2c100172b1d5cbdf6c6d9bd3590 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Pontus Stenetorp <pontus@stenetorp.se>
-Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2021 05:10:39 +0000
-Subject: [PATCH 3/6] nix: Skip `chown` tests broken in sandbox
-
----
- test/file.jl | 4 ++--
- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/test/file.jl b/test/file.jl
-index bd4dd78f62..06fd4e49da 100644
---- a/test/file.jl
-+++ b/test/file.jl
-@@ -503,8 +503,8 @@ if !Sys.iswindows()
-         @test stat(file).gid == 0
-         @test stat(file).uid == 0
-     else
--        @test_throws Base._UVError("chown($(repr(file)), -2, -1)", Base.UV_EPERM) chown(file, -2, -1)  # Non-root user cannot change ownership to another user
--        @test_throws Base._UVError("chown($(repr(file)), -1, -2)", Base.UV_EPERM) chown(file, -1, -2)  # Non-root user cannot change group to a group they are not a member of (eg: nogroup)
-+        @test_skip @test_throws Base._UVError("chown($(repr(file)), -2, -1)", Base.UV_EPERM) chown(file, -2, -1)  # Non-root user cannot change ownership to another user
-+        @test_skip @test_throws Base._UVError("chown($(repr(file)), -1, -2)", Base.UV_EPERM) chown(file, -1, -2)  # Non-root user cannot change group to a group they are not a member of (eg: nogroup)
-     end
- else
-     # test that chown doesn't cause any errors for Windows
--- 
-2.29.3
-