diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/gdb/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/gdb/default.nix
index e3b76b05248d..29bc6e601e65 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/gdb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/gdb/default.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 , fetchurl, fetchpatch, pkg-config, perl, texinfo, setupDebugInfoDirs, buildPackages
 
 # Run time
-, ncurses, readline, gmp, mpfr, expat, libipt, zlib, dejagnu, sourceHighlight
+, ncurses, readline, gmp, mpfr, expat, libipt, zlib, zstd, dejagnu, sourceHighlight
 
 , pythonSupport ? stdenv.hostPlatform == stdenv.buildPlatform && !stdenv.hostPlatform.isCygwin, python3 ? null
 , enableDebuginfod ? false, elfutils
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ assert pythonSupport -> python3 != null;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = targetPrefix + basename;
-  version = "12.1";
+  version = "13.1";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://gnu/gdb/${basename}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    hash = "sha256-DheTv48rVNU/Rt6oTM/URvSPgbKXsoxPf8AXuBjWn+0=";
+    hash = "sha256-EVrVwY1ppr4qsViC02XdoqIhHBT0gLNQLG66V24ulaA=";
   };
 
   postPatch = lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
@@ -47,23 +47,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   patches = [
     ./debug-info-from-env.patch
-    # backport readline=8.2 support
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "readline-8.2.patch";
-      url = "https://sourceware.org/git/?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=1add37b567a7dee39d99f37b37802034c3fce9c4";
-      hash = "sha256-KmQXylPAWNGXF8wtXCCArhUzHi+GUY8ii2Xpx8R08jE=";
-    })
   ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
     ./darwin-target-match.patch
-  # Does not nave to be conditional. We apply it conditionally
-  # to speed up inclusion to nearby nixos release.
-  ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.is32bit [
-    ./32-bit-BFD_VMA-format.patch
   ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config texinfo perl setupDebugInfoDirs ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ ncurses readline gmp mpfr expat libipt zlib guile sourceHighlight ]
+  buildInputs = [ ncurses readline gmp mpfr expat libipt zlib zstd guile sourceHighlight ]
     ++ lib.optional pythonSupport python3
     ++ lib.optional doCheck dejagnu
     ++ lib.optional enableDebuginfod (elfutils.override { enableDebuginfod = true; });