diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/openai-whisper/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/openai-whisper/default.nix
index 634f8677be2c..958c9250f9f8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/openai-whisper/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/openai-whisper/default.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   # runtime
   ffmpeg-headless,
 
-  # propagates
+  # dependencies
   more-itertools,
   numba,
   numpy,
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
   # tests
   pytestCheckHook,
   scipy,
+  writableTmpDirAsHomeHook,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -54,30 +55,33 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     tqdm
   ] ++ lib.optionals (lib.meta.availableOn stdenv.hostPlatform triton) [ triton ];
 
-  preCheck = ''
-    export HOME=$TMPDIR
-  '';
-
   nativeCheckInputs = [
     pytestCheckHook
     scipy
+    writableTmpDirAsHomeHook
   ];
 
-  disabledTests = [
-    # requires network access to download models
-    "test_transcribe"
-    # requires NVIDIA drivers
-    "test_dtw_cuda_equivalence"
-    "test_median_filter_equivalence"
-  ];
+  disabledTests =
+    [
+      # requires network access to download models
+      "test_transcribe"
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+      # requires NVIDIA drivers
+      "test_dtw_cuda_equivalence"
+      "test_median_filter_equivalence"
+    ]
+    ++ lib.optionals (stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux && stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch64) [
+      # Fatal Python error: Segmentation fault
+      "test_dtw"
+    ];
+
+  meta = {
     changelog = "https://github.com/openai/whisper/blob/v${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
     description = "General-purpose speech recognition model";
     mainProgram = "whisper";
     homepage = "https://github.com/openai/whisper";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
       hexa
       MayNiklas
     ];