diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/tw/twitch-dl/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/tw/twitch-dl/package.nix
index 7da567ffd4ac..881f13254c5b 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/tw/twitch-dl/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/tw/twitch-dl/package.nix
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@
 
 python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "twitch-dl";
-  version = "2.8.2";
+  version = "2.9.1";
   pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "ihabunek";
     repo = "twitch-dl";
     rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-9isWxY87ppFPIA6hjyuuCqKxt7Io4h8PUhIs+SPSBvA=";
+    hash = "sha256-YsSpa3beRny+Tpn7B93OtYqYxjtAMaBa5k4I2zvKgbY=";
   };
 
   pythonRelaxDeps = [
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
     installManPage twitch-dl.1
   '';
 
+  preInstallCheck = ''
+    export HOME="$(mktemp -d)"
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "CLI tool for downloading videos from Twitch";
     homepage = "https://github.com/ihabunek/twitch-dl";