diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jaraco-context/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jaraco-context/default.nix
index 41837b391d89..c0ea092b0fc1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/jaraco-context/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/jaraco-context/default.nix
@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@
   fetchFromGitHub,
   pythonOlder,
   setuptools-scm,
+  backports-tarfile,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "jaraco-context";
-  version = "4.3.0";
+  version = "5.3.0";
   format = "pyproject";
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
@@ -17,13 +18,15 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     owner = "jaraco";
     repo = "jaraco.context";
     rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-YdbkpKv7k62uyhmjKoxeA9uf5BWnRD/rK+z46FJN4xk=";
+    hash = "sha256-Caj51qBLHbuiey023iLc+N2M8QiJKH8G/Pzu1v3AToU=";
   };
 
   pythonNamespaces = [ "jaraco" ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ setuptools-scm ];
 
+  dependencies = lib.optionals (pythonOlder "3.12") [ backports-tarfile ];
+
   # Module has no tests
   doCheck = false;