diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/owl-base/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/owl-base/default.nix
index efdd2a28412e..12cd54363085 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/owl-base/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/owl-base/default.nix
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 buildDunePackage rec {
   pname = "owl-base";
-  version = "0.7.1";
+  version = "0.7.2";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner  = "owlbarn";
     repo   = "owl";
     rev    = version;
-    sha256 = "1v4jfn3w18zq188f9gskx9ffja3xx59j2mgrw6azp8lsbqixg5xk";
+    sha256 = "1a2lbhywrb3bmm4k48wwbp6iszpd3aj1f23v10i78cbqm5slk6dj";
   };
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ stdlib-shims ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/owl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/owl/default.nix
index eedfdba34edd..0cc1c1db42a4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/owl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/owl/default.nix
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@ buildDunePackage rec {
   checkInputs = [ alcotest ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ eigen stdio stdlib-shims openblasCompat owl-base ];
 
-  # tests not enabled for now due to owlbarn/owl/issues/460
+  doCheck = !stdenv.isDarwin;  # https://github.com/owlbarn/owl/issues/462
 }