diff --git a/gnu/packages/machine-learning.scm b/gnu/packages/machine-learning.scm
index fd0be8d500..fd6089a525 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/machine-learning.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/machine-learning.scm
@@ -2972,7 +2972,7 @@ (define-public tensorflow
 (define-public tensorflow-lite
   (package
     (name "tensorflow-lite")
-    (version "2.12.1")
+    (version "2.13.0")
     (source
      (origin
        (method git-fetch)
@@ -2982,11 +2982,15 @@ (define-public tensorflow-lite
        (file-name (git-file-name name version))
        (sha256
         (base32
-         "0jkgljdagdqllnxygl35r5bh3f9qmbczymfj357gm9krh59g2kmd"))))
+         "07g6vlrs0aayrg2mfdl15gxg5dy103wx2xlqkran15dib40nkbj6"))
+       (patches
+               (search-patches
+                ;; patch to disable local cmake build code for 3rdparty
+                ;; componentas
+                "tensorflow-lite-disable-local-cmake-3rdparty-components.patch"))))
     (build-system cmake-build-system)
     (arguments
      (list
-      #:tests? #false                   ;tests are not building now
       #:build-type "Release"
       #:modules '((ice-9 match)
                   (guix build utils)
@@ -3005,11 +3009,11 @@ (define-public tensorflow-lite
 
          ;; TODO: turn on Farmhash
          ;;"-DSYSTEM_FARMHASH=ON"
-         (string-append "-Dabsl_DIR=" #$(this-package-input "abseil-cpp")
+         (string-append "-Dabseil-cpp_DIR=" #$(this-package-input "abseil-cpp")
                         "/lib/cmake/absl")
          (string-append "-DEigen3_DIR=" #$(this-package-input "eigen")
                         "/share/eigen3/cmake")
-         (string-append "-DFlatBuffers_DIR="
+         (string-append "-Dflatbuffers_DIR="
                         #$(this-package-input "flatbuffers-shared")
                         "/lib/cmake/flatbuffers")
          (string-append "-DNEON_2_SSE_DIR=" #$(this-package-input "neon2sse")
@@ -3025,6 +3029,9 @@ (define-public tensorflow-lite
          "-DTFLITE_ENABLE_XNNPACK=OFF"
 
          ;; Don't fetch the sources.  We have these already
+         "-Dabseil-cpp_POPULATED=TRUE"
+         "-Dflatbuffers_POPULATED=TRUE"
+         "-Dgemmlowp_POPULATED=TRUE"
          "-Degl_headers_POPULATED=TRUE"
          "-Dfp16_headers_POPULATED=TRUE"
          "-Dopencl_headers_POPULATED=TRUE"
@@ -3037,7 +3044,10 @@ (define-public tensorflow-lite
 
          "-DFFT2D_SOURCE_DIR=/tmp/fft2d"
          "-DFARMHASH_SOURCE_DIR=/tmp/farmhash"
-         "-Dgemmlowp_SOURCE_DIR=/tmp/gemmlowp")
+         (string-append "-Dabseil-cpp_ROOT=" #$(this-package-input "abseil-cpp"))
+         (string-append "-Dflatbuffers_ROOT=" #$(this-package-input "flatbuffers-shared"))
+         (string-append "-Dgemmlowp_ROOT=" #$(this-package-input "gemmlowp"))
+         )
       #:phases
       #~(modify-phases %standard-phases
           (add-after 'unpack 'chdir
@@ -3069,8 +3079,10 @@ (define-public tensorflow-lite
                 (invoke "tar" "--strip-components=1"
                         "-xf" (assoc-ref inputs "fft2d-src")))
 
-              (copy-recursively (assoc-ref inputs "gemmlowp-src")
-                                "/tmp/gemmlowp/")))
+              ;(copy-recursively (assoc-ref inputs "gemmlowp-src")
+              ;                  "/tmp/gemmlowp/")
+
+              ))
 
           (add-after 'build 'build-shared-library
             (lambda* (#:key configure-flags #:allow-other-keys)
@@ -3096,12 +3108,12 @@ (define-public tensorflow-lite
               (when tests?
                 (invoke "ctest" "-L" "plain")))))))
     (inputs
-     `(("abseil-cpp" ,abseil-cpp-20200923.3)
+     `(("abseil-cpp" ,abseil-cpp)
        ("cpuinfo" ,cpuinfo)
        ("eigen" ,eigen)
        ("fp16" ,fp16)
        ("flatbuffers-shared" ,flatbuffers-next-shared)
-       ;;("gemmlowp" ,gemmlowp)  ; TODO
+       ("gemmlowp" ,gemmlowp)
        ("mesa-headers" ,mesa-headers)
        ("neon2sse" ,neon2sse)
        ("nsync" ,nsync)
@@ -3117,21 +3129,8 @@ (define-public tensorflow-lite
     (native-inputs
      `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)
        ("googletest" ,googletest)
-       ("gemmlowp-src"
-        ;; The commit hash is taken from
-        ;; "tensorflow/lite/tools/cmake/modules/gemmlowp.cmake".
-        ,(let ((commit "fda83bdc38b118cc6b56753bd540caa49e570745"))
-           (origin
-             (method git-fetch)
-             (uri (git-reference
-                   (url "https://github.com/google/gemmlowp")
-                   (commit commit)))
-             (file-name (git-file-name "gemmlowp" (string-take commit 8)))
-             (sha256
-              (base32
-               "1sbp8kmr2azwlvfbzryy1frxi99jhsh1nc93bdbxdf8zdgpv0kxl")))))
        ("farmhash-src"
-        ,(let ((commit "816a4ae622e964763ca0862d9dbd19324a1eaf45"))
+        ,(let ((commit "0d859a811870d10f53a594927d0d0b97573ad06d"))
            (origin
              (method url-fetch)
              (uri (string-append
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/tensorflow-lite-disable-local-cmake-3rdparty-components.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/tensorflow-lite-disable-local-cmake-3rdparty-components.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eb1cc76db6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/tensorflow-lite-disable-local-cmake-3rdparty-components.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+diff --git a/tensorflow/lite/CMakeLists.txt b/tensorflow/lite/CMakeLists.txt
+index 0476170e075..90abea00e8c 100644
+--- a/tensorflow/lite/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/tensorflow/lite/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ set(_ALL_TFLITE_HDRS ${_ALL_TFLITE_SRCS})
+ list(FILTER _ALL_TFLITE_HDRS INCLUDE REGEX ".*\\.h$")
+ target_include_directories(tensorflow-lite
+   PUBLIC $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${TENSORFLOW_SOURCE_DIR}> $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}>
+-  ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/gemmlowp
++  ${gemmlowp_ROOT}/include/gemmlowp
+ )
+ target_link_libraries(tensorflow-lite
+   PUBLIC
+diff --git a/tensorflow/lite/kernels/CMakeLists.txt b/tensorflow/lite/kernels/CMakeLists.txt
+index 57ed10d7e64..b45b5d1df82 100644
+--- a/tensorflow/lite/kernels/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/tensorflow/lite/kernels/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -25,11 +25,13 @@ set(SCHEMA_GENERATED_PATH ${SCHEMA_GENERATED_ROOT}/tensorflow/lite/schema/mutabl
+ set(SCHEMA_GENERATED_FILE ${SCHEMA_GENERATED_PATH}/schema_generated.h)
+ 
+ # Use the util function in flatbuffer to generate the schema header.
++list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${flatbuffers_DIR}")
+ include(BuildFlatBuffers)
+ 
+ # For cross-compilation purposes a natively compiled 'flatc' compiler is required
+ if(${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING})
+   set(FLATC_PATHS
++      ${flatbuffers_ROOT}/bin
+       ${TFLITE_HOST_TOOLS_DIR}
+       ${TFLITE_HOST_TOOLS_DIR}/bin
+       ${TFLITE_HOST_TOOLS_DIR}/flatbuffers-flatc/bin
+@@ -43,7 +45,7 @@ if(${CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING})
+     set(FLATBUFFERS_FLATC_EXECUTABLE ${FLATC_BIN})
+   endif()
+ else()
+-  set(FLATBUFFERS_FLATC_EXECUTABLE ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/flatbuffers-flatc/bin/flatc)
++  set(FLATBUFFERS_FLATC_EXECUTABLE ${flatbuffers_ROOT}/bin/flatc)
+ endif()
+ 
+ set(FLATBUFFERS_FLATC_SCHEMA_EXTRA_ARGS
+@@ -55,7 +57,7 @@ build_flatbuffers(
+   "${SCHEMA_FILE}"
+   ""
+   mutable_schema_file
+-  flatbuffers-flatc
++  ${FLATBUFFERS_FLATC_EXECUTABLE}
+   "${SCHEMA_GENERATED_PATH}"
+   ""
+   ""
+diff --git a/tensorflow/lite/tools/cmake/modules/Findgemmlowp.cmake b/tensorflow/lite/tools/cmake/modules/Findgemmlowp.cmake
+index 70331ad0a69..a9bd8a0f3bd 100644
+--- a/tensorflow/lite/tools/cmake/modules/Findgemmlowp.cmake
++++ b/tensorflow/lite/tools/cmake/modules/Findgemmlowp.cmake
+@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
+ include(gemmlowp)
+ if(gemmlowp_POPULATED)
+   set(GEMMLOWP_FOUND TRUE)
+-  get_target_property(GEMMLOWP_INCLUDE_DIRS gemmlowp INTERFACE_DIRECTORIES)
++  #get_target_property(GEMMLOWP_INCLUDE_DIRS gemmlowp INTERFACE_DIRECTORIES)
+   set(GEMMLOWP_LIBRARIES
+     gemmlowp
+     gemmlowp_fixedpoint
