diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/bullet/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/bullet/default.nix
index 50bf56bfbd22..c7d26362f00f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/bullet/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/bullet/default.nix
@@ -4,22 +4,23 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "bullet";
-  version = "2.87";
+  version = "3.17";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "bulletphysics";
     repo = "bullet3";
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "1msp7w3563vb43w70myjmqsdb97kna54dcfa7yvi9l3bvamb92w3";
+    sha256 = "sha256-uQ4X8F8nmagbcFh0KexrmnhHIXFSB3A1CCnjPVeHL3Q=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
   buildInputs = lib.optionals stdenv.isLinux [ libGLU libGL freeglut ]
     ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ Cocoa OpenGL ];
 
-  patches = [ ./gwen-narrowing.patch ];
-
-  postPatch = lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace examples/ThirdPartyLibs/Gwen/CMakeLists.txt \
+      --replace "-DGLEW_STATIC" "-DGLEW_STATIC -Wno-narrowing"
+  '' + lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
     sed -i 's/FIND_PACKAGE(OpenGL)//' CMakeLists.txt
     sed -i 's/FIND_LIBRARY(COCOA_LIBRARY Cocoa)//' CMakeLists.txt
   '';