diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/symspellpy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/symspellpy/default.nix
index 9c747eaa2e8d..43128f38f761 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/symspellpy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/symspellpy/default.nix
@@ -19,16 +19,16 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "symspellpy";
-  version = "6.7.8";
+  version = "6.9.0";
   pyproject = true;
 
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.9";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "mammothb";
     repo = "symspellpy";
     tag = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-ZnkZE7v4o0o6iPdkjCycDgVdLhsE3Vn1uuGT7o0F86I=";
+    hash = "sha256-isxANYSiwN8pQ7/XfMtO7cyoGdTyrXYOZ6C5rDJsJIs=";
   };
 
   build-system = [ setuptools ];
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   meta = {
     description = "Python port of SymSpell v6.7.1, which provides much higher speed and lower memory consumption";
     homepage = "https://github.com/mammothb/symspellpy";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/mammothb/symspellpy/releases/tag/v${version}";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/mammothb/symspellpy/releases/tag/${src.tag}";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ vizid ];
   };