diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/lz4/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/lz4/default.nix
index a1f123b8ea2d..ca83fb842052 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/lz4/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/lz4/default.nix
@@ -4,31 +4,26 @@
   fetchFromGitHub,
   pkgconfig,
   psutil,
+  pytest-cov-stub,
   pytestCheckHook,
   python,
-  pythonOlder,
   setuptools,
   setuptools-scm,
 }:
 
-buildPythonPackage rec {
+buildPythonPackage {
   pname = "lz4";
-  version = "4.4.4";
+  version = "4.4.4-unstable-2025-10-21";
   pyproject = true;
 
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.5";
-
-  # get full repository in order to run tests
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "python-lz4";
     repo = "python-lz4";
-    tag = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-RoM2U47T5WLepJlbJhJAeqKRP8Zf3twndqmMSViI5Z8=";
+    rev = "59b2d8176072bdee50d38cc68ec65c33b928a980";
+    hash = "sha256-2D30n5j5r4+gcrjEXPu+WpZ4QsugCPyC1xCZuJIPcI0=";
   };
 
-  postPatch = ''
-    sed -i '/pytest-cov/d' setup.py
-  '';
+  env.SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION = "4.4.4";
 
   build-system = [
     pkgconfig
@@ -45,6 +40,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [
     psutil
+    pytest-cov-stub
     pytestCheckHook
   ];
 
@@ -60,7 +56,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "LZ4 Bindings for Python";
     homepage = "https://github.com/python-lz4/python-lz4";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/python-lz4/python-lz4/releases/tag/${src.tag}";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
     maintainers = [ ];
   };