diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/vo/vowpal-wabbit/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/vo/vowpal-wabbit/package.nix
index dec53f1606100a..106c0b2c17f11e 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/vo/vowpal-wabbit/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/vo/vowpal-wabbit/package.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   lib,
   stdenv,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  fetchpatch,
   cmake,
   boost,
   eigen,
@@ -13,32 +12,22 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "vowpal-wabbit";
-  version = "9.6.0";
+  version = "9.10.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "VowpalWabbit";
     repo = "vowpal_wabbit";
-    rev = version;
-    sha256 = "sha256-iSsxpeTRZjIhZaYBeoKLHl9j1aBIXWjONmAInmKvU/I=";
+    tag = version;
+    hash = "sha256-HKxhEB4ph2tOWgvYngYTcv0OCMISj3KqZpP2zsEUPs0=";
+    fetchSubmodules = true;
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    # Fix x86_64-linux build by adding missing include
-    # https://github.com/VowpalWabbit/vowpal_wabbit/pull/4275
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://github.com/VowpalWabbit/vowpal_wabbit/commit/0cb410dfc885ca1ecafd1f8a962b481574fb3b82.patch";
-      sha256 = "sha256-bX3eJ+vMTEMAo3EiESQTDryBP0h2GtnMa/Fz0rTeaNY=";
-    })
-
-    # Fix gcc-13 build:
-    #   https://github.com/VowpalWabbit/vowpal_wabbit/pull/4657
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "gcc-13.patch";
-      url = "https://github.com/VowpalWabbit/vowpal_wabbit/commit/a541d85a66088d2b74fa2562d32fecb68af33c58.patch";
-      includes = [ "vowpalwabbit/core/include/vw/core/named_labels.h" ];
-      hash = "sha256-JAuLDe5JtlE7/043RSIKM20Qr77rmuE0rVg/DGc95MY=";
-    })
-  ];
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace CMakeLists.txt \
+      --replace-fail "set(VW_CXX_STANDARD 11)" "set(VW_CXX_STANDARD 14)"
+    substituteInPlace ext_libs/ext_libs.cmake \
+      --replace-fail "add_library(RapidJSON INTERFACE)" ""
+  '';
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
 
@@ -61,15 +50,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "-DVW_EIGEN_SYS_DEP=ON"
   ];
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  meta = {
     description = "Machine learning system focused on online reinforcement learning";
     homepage = "https://github.com/VowpalWabbit/vowpal_wabbit/";
-    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
     longDescription = ''
       Machine learning system which pushes the frontier of machine learning with techniques such as online,
       hashing, allreduce, reductions, learning2search, active, and interactive and reinforcement learning
     '';
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jackgerrits ];
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ jackgerrits ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
   };
 }