diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/keras/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/keras/default.nix
index 6ac92f94406d..9ee9110ef092 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/keras/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/keras/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
-  pythonOlder,
   fetchFromGitHub,
 
   # build-system
@@ -19,22 +18,18 @@
   packaging,
   rich,
   tensorflow,
-  pythonAtLeast,
-  distutils,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "keras";
-  version = "3.5.0";
+  version = "3.6.0";
   pyproject = true;
 
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.9";
-
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "keras-team";
     repo = "keras";
     rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-hp+kKsKI2Jmh30/KeUZ+uBW0MG49+QgsyR5yCS63p08=";
+    hash = "sha256-zbeGa4g2psAofYAVuM7BNWI2gI21e739N5ZtxVfnVUg=";
   };
 
   build-system = [
@@ -53,7 +48,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     packaging
     rich
     tensorflow
-  ] ++ lib.optionals (pythonAtLeast "3.12") [ distutils ];
+  ];
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [
     "keras"