diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/vcrpy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/vcrpy/default.nix
index 31d094589845..78e41447623a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/vcrpy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/vcrpy/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  fetchpatch,
   setuptools,
   pytest-httpbin,
   pytestCheckHook,
@@ -15,24 +14,16 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "vcrpy";
-  version = "7.0.0";
+  version = "8.1.1";
   pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "kevin1024";
     repo = "vcrpy";
     tag = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-uKVPU1DU0GcpRqPzPMSNTLLVetZeQjUMC9vcaGwy0Yk=";
+    hash = "sha256-X6cOoj+XP0lVvf78FTb7FkNqrq5RfXtQlQ3lcOzr3D8=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    (fetchpatch {
-      # python 3.14 compat
-      url = "https://github.com/kevin1024/vcrpy/commit/558c7fc625e66775da11ee406001f300e6188fb2.patch";
-      hash = "sha256-keShvz8zwqkenEtQ+NAnGKwSLYGbtXfpfMP8Zje2p+o=";
-    })
-  ];
-
   build-system = [ setuptools ];
 
   dependencies = [
@@ -62,7 +53,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   meta = {
     description = "Automatically mock your HTTP interactions to simplify and speed up testing";
     homepage = "https://github.com/kevin1024/vcrpy";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/kevin1024/vcrpy/releases/tag/v${version}";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/kevin1024/vcrpy/releases/tag/${src.tag}";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [ ];
   };