diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/wasmtime/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/wasmtime/default.nix
index 816b854b99eb2..7f00faa76476b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/wasmtime/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/wasmtime/default.nix
@@ -1,31 +1,41 @@
-{ rustPlatform, fetchFromGitHub, lib, python3, cmake, llvmPackages, clang, stdenv, darwin }:
+{ rustPlatform, fetchFromGitHub, lib, v8 }:
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   pname = "wasmtime";
-  version = "0.21.0";
+  version = "0.35.2";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "bytecodealliance";
     repo = pname;
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0q7wsnq5zdskxwzsxwm98jfnv2frnwca1dkhwndcn9yyz2gyw57m";
+    sha256 = "sha256-4oZglk7MInLIsvbeCfs4InAcmSmzZp16XL5+8eoYXJk=";
     fetchSubmodules = true;
   };
 
-  cargoSha256 = "1wlig9gls7s1k1swxwhl82vfga30bady8286livxc4y2zp0vb18w";
+  cargoSha256 = "sha256-IqFOw9bGdM3IEoMeqDlxKfLnZvR80PSnwP9kr1tI/h0=";
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ python3 cmake clang ];
-  buildInputs = [ llvmPackages.libclang ] ++
-   lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks.Security ];
-  LIBCLANG_PATH = "${llvmPackages.libclang.lib}/lib";
+  # This environment variable is required so that when wasmtime tries
+  # to run tests by using the rusty_v8 crate, it does not try to
+  # download a static v8 build from the Internet, what would break
+  # build hermetism.
+  RUSTY_V8_ARCHIVE = "${v8}/lib/libv8.a";
 
   doCheck = true;
+  checkFlags = [
+    "--skip=cli_tests::run_cwasm"
+    "--skip=commands::compile::test::test_successful_compile"
+    "--skip=commands::compile::test::test_aarch64_flags_compile"
+    "--skip=commands::compile::test::test_unsupported_flags_compile"
+    "--skip=commands::compile::test::test_x64_flags_compile"
+    "--skip=commands::compile::test::test_x64_presets_compile"
+    "--skip=traps::parse_dwarf_info"
+  ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Standalone JIT-style runtime for WebAssembly, using Cranelift";
     homepage = "https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.matthewbauer ];
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
 }