diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/po/poetry/plugins/poetry-plugin-up.nix b/pkgs/by-name/po/poetry/plugins/poetry-plugin-up.nix
index c6c5acf0fec5..58bf3b5b575f 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/po/poetry/plugins/poetry-plugin-up.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/po/poetry/plugins/poetry-plugin-up.nix
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   pytestCheckHook,
   pytest-mock,
   poetry,
+  writableTmpDirAsHomeHook,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -31,11 +32,14 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   nativeCheckInputs = [
     pytestCheckHook
     pytest-mock
+    writableTmpDirAsHomeHook
   ];
 
-  preCheck = ''
-    export HOME=$TMPDIR
-  '';
+  disabledTests = [
+    # https://github.com/MousaZeidBaker/poetry-plugin-up/issues/78
+    "test_command_preserve_wildcard_project"
+    "test_command_with_latest_project"
+  ];
 
   meta = {
     description = "Poetry plugin to simplify package updates";