diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/requests-cache/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/requests-cache/default.nix
index adaf824d3d92..6f11559aad4c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/requests-cache/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/requests-cache/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "requests-cache";
-  version = "0.9.1";
+  version = "0.9.3";
   format = "pyproject";
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     owner = "reclosedev";
     repo = "requests-cache";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-MZ3N0zbo745erF52D6DqOEb4OPpXFwSsemi0z6Do02c=
-";
+    hash = "sha256-9eA2fx+j6WLbEkLaemwEuoWLUWlS0iF5AkR2YienN5g=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -56,6 +55,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     timeout-decorator
   ];
 
+  preCheck = ''
+    export HOME=$(mktemp -d);
+  '';
+
   pytestFlagsArray = [
     # Integration tests require local DBs
     "tests/unit"