diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/yara-x/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/yara-x/default.nix
index ff7ded208f81..1423429fc08f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/yara-x/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/yara-x/default.nix
@@ -3,29 +3,27 @@
   buildPythonPackage,
   rustPlatform,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  pythonOlder,
   pytestCheckHook,
   pkgs,
 }:
+
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "yara-x";
-  version = "1.7.1";
+  version = "1.8.1";
   pyproject = true;
 
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.9";
-
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "VirusTotal";
     repo = "yara-x";
     tag = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-Ux7BA5LH1HN7Kq84UQw7n7Ad/LmHekdWkLaUIxvp5g8=";
+    hash = "sha256-dl2uxMo81K2ZEAfZk2OP0FXTY4lKGmzqZe0QQo/YIsA=";
   };
 
   buildAndTestSubdir = "py";
 
   cargoDeps = rustPlatform.fetchCargoVendor {
     inherit pname src version;
-    hash = "sha256-o9m1zPDhn5ZxBonQMTFp19jUYMInwW9r/O8UwQpExqk=";
+    hash = "sha256-+Bva1uch6fd6gl2MH2ss3S6Ea1QkvgVePhdUVUDuIE8=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -42,7 +40,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   meta = {
     description = "Official Python library for YARA-X";
     homepage = "https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara-x/tree/main/py";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara-x/tree/v${version}/py";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/VirusTotal/yara-x/tree/${src.tag}/py";
     license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ivyfanchiang ];
   };