diff --git a/nix/yazi-unwrapped.nix b/nix/yazi-unwrapped.nix
index 7145ecb9..b3797b62 100644
--- a/nix/yazi-unwrapped.nix
+++ b/nix/yazi-unwrapped.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,16 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "yazi";
   inherit version src;
 
-  cargoHash = "sha256-EnxhbS+FO3MPKmNkh30x2Wwyf23CgZ/6B+guAwRq32Y=";
+  cargoLock = {
+    lockFile = "${src}/Cargo.lock";
+    # Use static.crates.io (CDN) instead of crates.io/api to avoid the 1 req/sec
+    # rate limit which currently returns intermittent 403s.
+    # See https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io/issues/13482
+    # This override can be removed once nixpkgs includes NixOS/nixpkgs#524985.
+    extraRegistries = {
+      "https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index" = "https://static.crates.io/crates";
+    };
+  };
 
   env = {
     YAZI_GEN_COMPLETIONS = true;