diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/appthreat-vulnerability-db/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/appthreat-vulnerability-db/default.nix
index d2a54be37417..ebe210c373c2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/appthreat-vulnerability-db/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/appthreat-vulnerability-db/default.nix
@@ -16,18 +16,19 @@
   semver,
   setuptools,
   tabulate,
+  writableTmpDirAsHomeHook,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "appthreat-vulnerability-db";
-  version = "6.4.3";
+  version = "6.4.4";
   pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "AppThreat";
     repo = "vulnerability-db";
     tag = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-08/ohfIPM/jb2nuOIj1XoUzWaq7s6CfWFRLHwqK0HAQ=";
+    hash = "sha256-bzr3RlTtWTH/P6hgiXjWvR1IbVtVSqbtrZHQ91o/V/E=";
   };
 
   pythonRelaxDeps = [
@@ -53,8 +54,9 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   ++ httpx.optional-dependencies.http2;
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [
-    pytestCheckHook
     pytest-cov-stub
+    pytestCheckHook
+    writableTmpDirAsHomeHook
   ];
 
   preCheck = ''
@@ -74,7 +76,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     description = "Vulnerability database and package search for sources such as OSV, NVD, GitHub and npm";
     homepage = "https://github.com/appthreat/vulnerability-db";
     changelog = "https://github.com/AppThreat/vulnerability-db/releases/tag/${src.tag}";
-    license = with licenses; [ mit ];
+    license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ fab ];
     mainProgram = "vdb";
   };