diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/humanize/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/humanize/default.nix
index 7017be60e707..d9e166c9b2f9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/humanize/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/humanize/default.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "humanize";
-  version = "4.12.1";
+  version = "4.12.2";
   format = "pyproject";
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.9";
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     owner = "python-humanize";
     repo = "humanize";
     tag = version;
-    hash = "sha256-sj7c44KQ5jGkmans2EyAn9qMS4+GGu3hcSt7PRiTGKk=";
+    hash = "sha256-MGWjh7C9JXTwH+eLyrjU0pjcZ2+oH925eiqHgBS8198=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -31,12 +31,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     gettext
   ];
 
-  postPatch = ''
-    # Remove dependency on pytest-cov
-    substituteInPlace pyproject.toml --replace-fail \
-      '"ignore:sys.monitoring isn'"'"'t available, using default core:coverage.exceptions.CoverageWarning",' ""
-  '';
-
   postBuild = ''
     scripts/generate-translation-binaries.sh
   '';