diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/st/stratis-cli/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/st/stratis-cli/package.nix
index 9f31590abc0d..d63f3e442dd0 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/st/stratis-cli/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/st/stratis-cli/package.nix
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@
 
 python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "stratis-cli";
-  version = "3.8.0";
+  version = "3.8.1";
   pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "stratis-storage";
     repo = "stratis-cli";
     tag = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-hbkklUX8QHGl9O+0Bcem6nbwyp6jbzFz5YtArh0W0oE=";
+    hash = "sha256-zyby53QEC9txH/EP0plV4vUg9fRV6tZJtdQEWQ2iKCA=";
   };
 
   build-system = with python3Packages; [
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "stratis_cli" ];
 
+  env.STRATIS_STRICT_POOL_FEATURES = "1"; # required for unit tests
+
   passthru.tests = nixosTests.stratis;
 
   meta = with lib; {