diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/argos-translate-files/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/argos-translate-files/default.nix
index 1e3b2e7661d7..dc86edc06605 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/argos-translate-files/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/argos-translate-files/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 {
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchPypi,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  pytestCheckHook,
   writableTmpDirAsHomeHook,
   setuptools,
   lxml,
@@ -10,18 +11,31 @@
   translatehtml,
 }:
 
-buildPythonPackage rec {
+buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "argos-translate-files";
-  version = "1.4.1";
+  version = "1.4.4";
   pyproject = true;
 
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    hash = "sha256-9ufNuExfyW3gr8+pIpp6Ie03e0hE4l3l3kk6EiVH0x8=";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "LibreTranslate";
+    repo = "argos-translate-files";
+    tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-6AxVBiK0g6ajstyCQZ9ExF9MRYSLd4Frw03N7c9bvuI=";
   };
 
   build-system = [ setuptools ];
 
+  pythonRelaxDeps = [ "beautifulsoup4" ];
+
+  # LibreTranslate has forked argos-translate [1] to fix some bugs and
+  # make stanza optional, but it's unclear what the future of this fork
+  # is.
+  #
+  # We'll stay on upstream argostranslate for now.
+  #
+  # [1]: https://github.com/Libretranslate/argos-translate/
+  pythonRemoveDeps = [ "argos-translate-lt" ];
+
   dependencies = [
     lxml
     pymupdf
@@ -29,15 +43,14 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     translatehtml
   ];
 
+  doCheck = true;
+
   nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
     # pythonImportsCheck needs a home dir for argostranslatefiles
     writableTmpDirAsHomeHook
   ];
 
-  postPatch = ''
-    ln -s */requires.txt requirements.txt
-  '';
-
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "argostranslatefiles" ];
 
   meta = {
@@ -46,4 +59,4 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ misuzu ];
   };
-}
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/libretranslate/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/libretranslate/default.nix
index 296b45f6dc20..1b3cc31e3cf4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/libretranslate/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/libretranslate/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   pkgs,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  pytestCheckHook,
+  writableTmpDirAsHomeHook,
   runCommand,
   hatchling,
   argostranslate,
@@ -32,16 +32,16 @@
   lndir,
 }:
 
-buildPythonPackage rec {
+buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "libretranslate";
-  version = "1.9.0";
+  version = "1.9.5";
   pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "LibreTranslate";
     repo = "LibreTranslate";
-    tag = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-bBs7gG42H4MNca5RUiedKNQkLjKpBm2SbPMRyh2gh6c=";
+    tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-VcMo1GX+ituQOW8Dpt0ABJG5fsJbFuxAPmi59Byg5ww=";
   };
 
   build-system = [
@@ -50,6 +50,14 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   pythonRelaxDeps = true;
 
+  # LibreTranslate has forked argos-translate [1] to fix some bugs and make stanza optional, but it's
+  # unclear what the future of this fork is.
+  #
+  # We'll stay on upstream argostranslate for now.
+  #
+  # [1]: https://github.com/Libretranslate/argos-translate/
+  pythonRemoveDeps = [ "argos-translate-lt" ];
+
   dependencies = [
     argostranslate
     flask
@@ -80,13 +88,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     ln -s $out/${python.sitePackages}/libretranslate/static $out/share/libretranslate/static
   '';
 
-  doCheck = false; # needs network access
-
-  nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
-
-  # required for import check to work (argostranslate)
-  env.HOME = "/tmp";
-
+  # needed to import the argostranslate module
+  nativeCheckInputs = [ writableTmpDirAsHomeHook ];
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "libretranslate" ];
 
   passthru = {
@@ -112,8 +115,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   meta = {
     description = "Free and Open Source Machine Translation API. Self-hosted, no limits, no ties to proprietary services";
     homepage = "https://libretranslate.com";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/LibreTranslate/LibreTranslate/releases/tag/${src.tag}";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/LibreTranslate/LibreTranslate/releases/tag/${finalAttrs.src.tag}";
     license = lib.licenses.agpl3Only;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ misuzu ];
   };
-}
+})