diff --git a/nix/darwin/darwin-configuration.nix b/nix/darwin/darwin-configuration.nix
index 9212c36..1c6dffb 100644
--- a/nix/darwin/darwin-configuration.nix
+++ b/nix/darwin/darwin-configuration.nix
@@ -105,20 +105,19 @@
         nssTools
         mkcert
         octave
-        ipfs
+        kubo
         inputs.sile
         inputs.runwhen
         inputs.durnitisp
         inputs.jj
         inputs.age
-        nil
         # TODO add sonic-pi here if it supports the arch
     ];
 
   launchd.user.agents.ipfs = {
     serviceConfig = {
       ProgramArguments = [
-        "${pkgs.ipfs}/bin/ipfs"
+        "${pkgs.kubo}/bin/ipfs"
         "daemon"
         "--init"
       ];
diff --git a/nix/darwin/flake.lock b/nix/darwin/flake.lock
index 66aa297..6f884ee 100644
--- a/nix/darwin/flake.lock
+++ b/nix/darwin/flake.lock
@@ -243,6 +243,22 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
+    "nixpkgs-lua": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1677676435,
+        "narHash": "sha256-6FxdcmQr5JeZqsQvfinIMr0XcTyTuR7EXX0H3ANShpQ=",
+        "owner": "nixos",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "a08d6979dd7c82c4cef0dcc6ac45ab16051c1169",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nixos",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "a08d6979dd7c82c4cef0dcc6ac45ab16051c1169",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
     "nixpkgs_2": {
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 1645937171,
@@ -273,15 +289,16 @@
     },
     "nixpkgs_4": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1680977908,
-        "narHash": "sha256-0Ehcgswo51+dx+QH5sZBqUOZh4JeTgrnxGTACSn8ZkA=",
+        "lastModified": 1686526929,
+        "narHash": "sha256-ybQ4GDx/AViKJfeu2PUWvxxlGcmVHVY15zay849i6dg=",
         "owner": "nixos",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "54731a8cea6d8b9d4fcb9ca7cbfc75ae1e07a171",
+        "rev": "5f6396e85487aa59c801da5f7c87ac20098b2fa8",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
         "owner": "nixos",
+        "ref": "release-23.05",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
         "type": "github"
       }
@@ -322,6 +339,7 @@
         "durnitisp": "durnitisp",
         "jj": "jj",
         "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs_4",
+        "nixpkgs-lua": "nixpkgs-lua",
         "runwhen": "runwhen",
         "rust-overlay": "rust-overlay_2"
       }
@@ -375,7 +393,7 @@
       "inputs": {
         "flake-utils": "flake-utils_4",
         "nixpkgs": [
-          "nixpkgs"
+          "nixpkgs-lua"
         ]
       },
       "locked": {
diff --git a/nix/darwin/flake.nix b/nix/darwin/flake.nix
index 5ec2352..9e5ff74 100644
--- a/nix/darwin/flake.nix
+++ b/nix/darwin/flake.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
   inputs = {
     # TODO(jwall): Pinning this to a fixed version of lua on darwin for now.
-    nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs";
+    nixpkgs-lua.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs?rev=a08d6979dd7c82c4cef0dcc6ac45ab16051c1169";
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/release-23.05";
     darwin.url = "github:lnl7/nix-darwin";
     darwin.inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
     runwhen.url = "github:zaphar/runwhen?ref=v0.0.5";
@@ -11,12 +12,14 @@
     agenix.url = "github:ryantm/agenix";
     rust-overlay = {
       url = "github:oxalica/rust-overlay";
-      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs-lua";
     };
     jj.url = "github:martinvonz/jj";
   };
 
-  outputs = {self, nixpkgs,
+  outputs = {self,
+    nixpkgs,
+    nixpkgs-lua,
     darwin,
     runwhen,
     durnitisp,
@@ -29,6 +32,7 @@
     forSystem = (system:
       let
         pkgs = import nixpkgs { inherit system; };
+        pkgs-lua = import nixpkgs-lua { inherit system; };
       in
       darwin.lib.darwinSystem rec {
         inherit system;
@@ -41,7 +45,7 @@
           durnitisp = durnitisp.defaultPackage."${system}";
           rust-overlay = rust-overlay.overlay;
           #TODO(jwall): when the libtexpdf issue is fixed we can stop doing this
-          sile = pkgs.sile.overrideAttrs(oldAttrs: { doCheck = false; meta.broken = false; });
+          sile = pkgs-lua.sile.overrideAttrs(oldAttrs: { doCheck = false; meta.broken = false; });
           jj = jj.defaultPackage."${system}";
           age = agenix.packages."${system}".default;
           #nil = nil.packages."${system}".default;