diff --git a/misc/capnproto-monotonic-clocks-are-a-lie.patch b/misc/capnproto-monotonic-clocks-are-a-lie.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5810214cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/misc/capnproto-monotonic-clocks-are-a-lie.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+From 11375442cf591f055ca95902f27c68b0e983d371 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Fabio Rossetto <fabio.rossetto@zhinst.com>
+Date: Thu, 8 May 2025 18:18:10 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Remove check for monotonic time
+
+The check was disabled on Mac, but in #2261 it was reported also on
+Linux. At this point, it makes more sense to remove the KJ_REQUIRE for
+monotonicity alltogether.
+
+Backport of the original PR #2296 to v1.0.2.
+
+Signed-off-by: Raito Bezarius <raito@lix.systems>
+Co-authored-by: Raito Bezarius <raito@lix.systems>
+---
+ c++/src/kj/timer.c++ | 15 ++++++---------
+ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/c++/src/kj/timer.c++ b/c++/src/kj/timer.c++
+index e5cd2648..a659e5d0 100644
+--- a/c++/src/kj/timer.c++
++++ b/c++/src/kj/timer.c++
+@@ -110,16 +110,13 @@ Maybe<uint64_t> TimerImpl::timeoutToNextEvent(TimePoint start, Duration unit, ui
+ }
+ 
+ void TimerImpl::advanceTo(TimePoint newTime) {
+-  // On Macs running an Intel processor, it has been observed that clock_gettime 
+-  // may return non monotonic time, even when CLOCK_MONOTONIC is used.
+-  // This workaround is to avoid the assert triggering on these machines.
+-  // See also https://github.com/capnproto/capnproto/issues/1693
+-#if __APPLE__ && defined(__x86_64__)
++  // It has been observed that clock_gettime may return non monotonic time,
++  // even when CLOCK_MONOTONIC is used.
++  // We use std::max to guard against this rare issue.
++  // - on Mac: https://github.com/capnproto/capnproto/issues/1693
++  // - on Linux: https://github.com/capnproto/capnproto/issues/2261
++
+   time = std::max(time, newTime);
+-#else
+-  KJ_REQUIRE(newTime >= time, "can't advance backwards in time") { return; }
+-  time = newTime;
+-#endif
+ 
+   for (;;) {
+     auto front = impl->timers.begin();
+-- 
+2.49.0
+
diff --git a/misc/capnproto.nix b/misc/capnproto.nix
index 27bd8920a..4100290de 100644
--- a/misc/capnproto.nix
+++ b/misc/capnproto.nix
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   patches = [
     # backport of https://github.com/capnproto/capnproto/pull/1810
     ./capnproto-promise-nodiscard.patch
+    # backport of https://github.com/capnproto/capnproto/pull/2296
+    ./capnproto-monotonic-clocks-are-a-lie.patch
   ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
diff --git a/misc/pre-commit.nix b/misc/pre-commit.nix
index 6b9449bd9..2f9ecde4a 100644
--- a/misc/pre-commit.nix
+++ b/misc/pre-commit.nix
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ pre-commit-run {
       excludes = [
         "\\.drv$"
         "^tests/functional/lang/"
+        ''\.patch$''
       ];
     };
     mixed-line-endings = {
@@ -107,7 +108,10 @@ pre-commit-run {
     trim-trailing-whitespace = {
       enable = true;
       stages = [ "pre-commit" ];
-      excludes = [ "^tests/functional/lang/" ];
+      excludes = [
+        ''^tests/functional/lang/''
+        ''\.patch$''
+      ];
     };
     treefmt = {
       enable = true;