diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ba/babeldoc/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ba/babeldoc/package.nix
index e2b9ed608e55..c8605f1100e3 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ba/babeldoc/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ba/babeldoc/package.nix
@@ -1,34 +1,29 @@
 {
   lib,
-  python3Packages,
+  python313Packages,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  fetchpatch2,
-  writableTmpDirAsHomeHook,
   versionCheckHook,
 }:
 
+let
+  python3Packages = python313Packages;
+in
 python3Packages.buildPythonApplication (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "babeldoc";
-  version = "0.5.22";
+  version = "0.6.4";
   pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "funstory-ai";
     repo = "BabelDOC";
     tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-ArLTv5AjpUdbsN8bQs03ATwg5ugXetld2FmHhicU8OE=";
+    hash = "sha256-eYCIXMYOJPGReDFkFdxgrhpkAG/pA14v3Si+5unfXz4=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    (fetchpatch2 {
-      name = "rename-python-levenshtein-to-levenshtein";
-      url = "https://github.com/funstory-ai/BabelDOC/pull/542.patch?full_index=1";
-      hash = "sha256-rjXhKVFivkJo54WdYiihqB3lrlu4YEwVZZkE4WBatWs=";
-    })
+  build-system = with python3Packages; [
+    hatchling
   ];
 
-  build-system = with python3Packages; [ hatchling ];
-
   dependencies =
     with python3Packages;
     [
@@ -72,12 +67,10 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication (finalAttrs: {
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "babeldoc" ];
 
+  # Upstream dropped its test suite in 0.6.0
   nativeCheckInputs = [
-    writableTmpDirAsHomeHook
-    python3Packages.pytestCheckHook
     versionCheckHook
   ];
-  versionCheckKeepEnvironment = "HOME";
 
   meta = {
     description = "PDF scientific paper translation and bilingual comparison library";