diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/parquet-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/parquet-tools/default.nix
index bd35304f3cf1d..cc5d25b1538af 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/parquet-tools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/parquet-tools/default.nix
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
     hash = "sha256-2jIwDsxB+g37zV9hLc2VNC5YuZXTpTmr2aQ72AeHYJo=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # support Moto 5.x
+    # https://github.com/ktrueda/parquet-tools/pull/55
+    ./moto5.patch
+  ];
+
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace tests/test_inspect.py \
       --replace "parquet-cpp-arrow version 5.0.0" "parquet-cpp-arrow version ${pyarrow.version}" \
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/parquet-tools/moto5.patch b/pkgs/tools/misc/parquet-tools/moto5.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..5e79c1a204fcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/parquet-tools/moto5.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+diff --git a/tests/fixtures/aws.py b/tests/fixtures/aws.py
+index 7eea4bd..9fb3345 100644
+--- a/tests/fixtures/aws.py
++++ b/tests/fixtures/aws.py
+@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
+ import boto3
+-from moto import mock_s3
+ import pytest
+ 
++try:
++    # Moto 4.x
++    from moto import mock_s3
++except ImportError:
++    # Moto 5.x
++    from moto import mock_aws as mock_s3
+ 
+ @pytest.fixture
+ def aws_session():
+-    mock_s3_server = mock_s3()
+-    mock_s3_server.start()
+-    yield boto3.Session()
+-    mock_s3_server.stop()
+-
++    with mock_s3():
++        yield boto3.Session()
+ 
+ @pytest.fixture
+ def aws_s3_bucket(aws_session):