diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e3ec597c..fadf0412 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "ctrlc",
  "fastrand",
  "fs2",
+ "gitpatch",
  "globset",
  "humantime",
  "ignore",
@@ -236,7 +237,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "nix 0.29.0",
  "num_cpus",
  "nutmeg",
- "patch",
  "path-slash",
  "predicates 3.0.0",
  "pretty_assertions",
@@ -587,6 +587,17 @@ version = "0.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a06f77d526c1a601b7c4cdd98f54b5eaabffc14d5f2f0296febdc7f357c6d3ba"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "gitpatch"
+version = "0.7.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0ce212119eb3801015ea7e8bfb78f029ca16805de0d808358c080ff55ecbe675"
+dependencies = [
+ "chrono",
+ "nom",
+ "nom_locate",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "globset"
 version = "0.4.10"
@@ -1058,17 +1069,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-targets 0.52.6",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "patch"
-version = "0.7.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "15c07fdcdd8b05bdcf2a25bc195b6c34cbd52762ada9dba88bf81e7686d14e7a"
-dependencies = [
- "chrono",
- "nom",
- "nom_locate",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "path-slash"
 version = "0.2.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6e40164f..0e9c845b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobserver = "0.1"
 mutants = "0.0.3"
 nextest-metadata = "0.12.1"
 num_cpus = "1.16"
-patch = "0.7"
+gitpatch = "0.7"
 path-slash = "0.2"
 quote = "1.0.35"
 regex = "1.10"
diff --git a/src/in_diff.rs b/src/in_diff.rs
index 2b103af7..16db3dd4 100644
--- a/src/in_diff.rs
+++ b/src/in_diff.rs
@@ -4,13 +4,12 @@
 //! for example from uncommitted or unmerged changes.
 
 use std::collections::HashMap;
-use std::iter::once;
 
 use anyhow::{anyhow, bail};
 use camino::Utf8Path;
+use gitpatch::{Line, Patch};
 use indoc::formatdoc;
 use itertools::Itertools;
-use patch::{Line, Patch};
 use tracing::{info, trace, warn};
 
 use crate::mutant::Mutant;
@@ -19,22 +18,13 @@ use crate::Result;
 
 /// Return only mutants to functions whose source was touched by this diff.
 pub fn diff_filter(mutants: Vec<Mutant>, diff_text: &str) -> Result<Vec<Mutant>> {
-    // Strip any "Binary files .. differ" lines because `patch` doesn't understand them at
-    // the moment; this could be removed if it's fixed in that crate.
-    let fixed_diff = diff_text
-        .lines()
-        .filter(|line| !(line.starts_with("Binary files ")))
-        .chain(once(""))
-        .join("\n");
-
     // Flatten the error to a string because otherwise it references the diff, and can't be returned.
-    if fixed_diff.trim().is_empty() {
+    if diff_text.trim().is_empty() {
         info!("diff file is empty; no mutants will match");
         return Ok(Vec::new());
     }
-
     let patches =
-        Patch::from_multiple(&fixed_diff).map_err(|err| anyhow!("Failed to parse diff: {err}"))?;
+        Patch::from_multiple(diff_text).map_err(|err| anyhow!("Failed to parse diff: {err}"))?;
     check_diff_new_text_matches(&patches, &mutants)?;
     let mut lines_changed_by_path: HashMap<&Utf8Path, Vec<usize>> = HashMap::new();
     for patch in &patches {
diff --git a/tests/in_diff.rs b/tests/in_diff.rs
index 0bb85cff..b8f57c4f 100644
--- a/tests/in_diff.rs
+++ b/tests/in_diff.rs
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ fn binary_diff_is_not_an_error_and_matches_nothing() {
         .assert()
         .success()
         .stdout("")
-        .stderr(predicate::str::contains("diff file is empty"));
+        .stderr("");
 }
 
 #[test]