diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pillow-heif/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pillow-heif/default.nix
index 947dc7dd6b0e..efbed828409e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pillow-heif/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pillow-heif/default.nix
@@ -27,14 +27,14 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pillow-heif";
-  version = "0.20.0";
+  version = "0.21.0";
   pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "bigcat88";
     repo = "pillow_heif";
     tag = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-a1qCxI+mMuEYsCk2CUYGNKCe+SONuvVizqUvmQKy3sE=";
+    hash = "sha256-wmxfFapcd7vduR4tQ3grAhqS35GsNvYA/mCFscQ3aDs=";
   };
 
   postPatch = ''
@@ -74,6 +74,12 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     pytestCheckHook
   ];
 
+  preCheck = ''
+    # https://github.com/bigcat88/pillow_heif/issues/325
+    rm tests/images/heif_other/L_xmp_latin1.heic
+    rm tests/images/heif/L_xmp.heif
+  '';
+
   disabledTests =
     [
       # Time based
@@ -96,7 +102,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     ];
 
   meta = {
-    changelog = "https://github.com/bigcat88/pillow_heif/releases/tag/v${version}";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/bigcat88/pillow_heif/releases/tag/${src.tag}";
     description = "Python library for working with HEIF images and plugin for Pillow";
     homepage = "https://github.com/bigcat88/pillow_heif";
     license = with lib.licenses; [