diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/transformers/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/transformers/default.nix
index 13345ce1c4a6..42341525845a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/transformers/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/transformers/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  pythonOlder,
 
   # build-system
   setuptools,
@@ -59,16 +58,14 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "transformers";
-  version = "4.44.0";
+  version = "4.44.1";
   pyproject = true;
 
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
-
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "huggingface";
     repo = "transformers";
     rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-i3KKfkYvKRYrs/kiwBJdyFzMiXKwyBEeUuZcHszip3k=";
+    hash = "sha256-CQz3rSTstHmXMIq3EGIuf1dG3WNoWHmHyLYVdRRk214=";
   };
 
   build-system = [ setuptools ];