diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/albumentations/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/albumentations/default.nix
index 65a26d13baa0..1f44d339500d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/albumentations/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/albumentations/default.nix
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
   pydantic,
   pyyaml,
   scikit-image,
+  scipy,
 
   # optional dependencies
   huggingface-hub,
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "albumentations";
-  version = "1.4.17";
+  version = "1.4.18";
   pyproject = true;
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
@@ -39,9 +40,13 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     owner = "albumentations-team";
     repo = "albumentations";
     rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-4JOqaSpBXSrAR3qrOeab+PvhXPcoEnblO0n9TSqW0bY=";
+    hash = "sha256-uAYnbglBT1mduyRnsWWjZ8axG7DzZEVcgAVeMLF48oM=";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    ./dont-check-for-updates.patch
+  ];
+
   pythonRemoveDeps = [ "opencv-python" ];
 
   build-system = [ setuptools ];
@@ -54,6 +59,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     pydantic
     pyyaml
     scikit-image
+    scipy
   ];
 
   optional-dependencies = {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/albumentations/dont-check-for-updates.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/albumentations/dont-check-for-updates.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..617ce259ca2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/albumentations/dont-check-for-updates.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff --git a/albumentations/__init__.py b/albumentations/__init__.py
+index 0b3b531..7c69c65 100644
+--- a/albumentations/__init__.py
++++ b/albumentations/__init__.py
+@@ -7,7 +7,3 @@ from .augmentations import *
+ from .core.composition import *
+ from .core.serialization import *
+ from .core.transforms_interface import *
+-
+-# Perform the version check after all other initializations
+-if os.getenv("NO_ALBUMENTATIONS_UPDATE", "").lower() not in {"true", "1"}:
+-    check_for_updates()