diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/templateflow/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/templateflow/default.nix
index 46f042389249..66c9b53f47ee 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/templateflow/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/templateflow/default.nix
@@ -2,16 +2,23 @@
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  setuptools-scm,
-  hatchling,
+
+  # build-system
   hatch-vcs,
+  hatchling,
+  setuptools-scm,
+
+  writableTmpDirAsHomeHook,
+
+  # dependenices
   nipreps-versions,
+  platformdirs,
   pybids,
   requests,
   tqdm,
 }:
 
-buildPythonPackage rec {
+buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "templateflow";
   version = "25.1.1";
   pyproject = true;
@@ -19,18 +26,23 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "templateflow";
     repo = "python-client";
-    tag = version;
+    tag = finalAttrs.version;
     hash = "sha256-QkscrnSURUnZp+42dtVK++EHbHklmWRixpDRhNhHM50=";
   };
 
   build-system = [
-    setuptools-scm
-    hatchling
     hatch-vcs
+    hatchling
+    setuptools-scm
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    writableTmpDirAsHomeHook
   ];
 
   dependencies = [
     nipreps-versions
+    platformdirs
     pybids
     requests
     tqdm
@@ -38,17 +50,13 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   doCheck = false; # most tests try to download data
 
-  postFixup = ''
-    export HOME=$(mktemp -d)
-  '';
-
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "templateflow" ];
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://templateflow.org/python-client";
     description = "Python API to query TemplateFlow via pyBIDS";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/templateflow/python-client/releases/tag/${src.tag}";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/templateflow/python-client/releases/tag/${finalAttrs.src.tag}";
     license = lib.licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ bcdarwin ];
   };
-}
+})