diff --git a/pkgs/development/node-packages/overrides.nix b/pkgs/development/node-packages/overrides.nix
index 8ff921934ff8..a36ce3f06144 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/node-packages/overrides.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/node-packages/overrides.nix
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ final: prev: {
     meta = oldAttrs.meta // { license = lib.licenses.unfree; };
   });
 
-  joplin = prev.joplin.override {
+  joplin = prev.joplin.override (oldAttrs:{
     nativeBuildInputs = [
       pkgs.pkg-config
     ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
@@ -134,7 +134,21 @@ final: prev: {
       darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks.AppKit
       darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks.Security
     ];
-  };
+
+    # add newer node-addon-api to build sharp
+    # https://github.com/lovell/sharp/issues/3920
+    dependencies = [
+      {
+        name = "node-addon-api";
+        packageName = "node-addon-api";
+        version = "7.1.0";
+        src = fetchurl {
+          url = "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-addon-api/-/node-addon-api-7.1.0.tgz";
+          sha512 = "mNcltoe1R8o7STTegSOHdnJNN7s5EUvhoS7ShnTHDyOSd+8H+UdWODq6qSv67PjC8Zc5JRT8+oLAMCr0SIXw7g==";
+        };
+      }
+    ] ++ oldAttrs.dependencies;
+  });
 
   jsonplaceholder = prev.jsonplaceholder.override {
     buildInputs = [ nodejs ];