diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-rq/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-rq/default.nix
index 330e28aca47c..990743f247e0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-rq/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-rq/default.nix
@@ -16,20 +16,16 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "django-rq";
-  version = "4.1-unstable-2026-05-28";
+  version = "4.1.1";
   pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "rq";
     repo = "django-rq";
-    rev = "39539ab680cf6a23073f4907b5e7332226494784";
-    hash = "sha256-Yrc0HQmCsrdTs66RZwwmZQraxB5/eJG8dOPcVn53rjA=";
+    tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-pp8/7pMG4CHEe+jsmZ9euAV8eEMW0Hh4ecTTHnP6DiE=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    ./redis-py-8.0-compat.patch
-  ];
-
   build-system = [ hatchling ];
 
   dependencies = [
@@ -65,7 +61,7 @@ buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
   meta = {
     description = "Simple app that provides django integration for RQ (Redis Queue)";
     homepage = "https://github.com/rq/django-rq";
-    # changelog = "https://github.com/rq/django-rq/releases/tag/${finalAttrs.src.tag}";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/rq/django-rq/releases/tag/${finalAttrs.src.tag}";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ hexa ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-rq/redis-py-8.0-compat.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-rq/redis-py-8.0-compat.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e74181ad2be6..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-rq/redis-py-8.0-compat.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/tests/utils.py b/tests/utils.py
-index 90ba1d4..e320a58 100644
---- a/tests/utils.py
-+++ b/tests/utils.py
-@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ def get_queue_index(name='default'):
-         if q.name == name:
-             # assert that the connection is correct
-             pool_kwargs = q.connection.connection_pool.connection_kwargs
-+            pool_kwargs.pop("maint_notifications_config", None)
-+            pool_kwargs.pop("maint_notifications_pool_handler", None)
-+            connection_kwargs.pop("maint_notifications_config", None)
-+            connection_kwargs.pop("maint_notifications_pool_handler", None)
-             if not _is_buggy_retry(pool_kwargs) or not _is_buggy_retry(connection_kwargs):
-                 assert pool_kwargs == connection_kwargs
-             else: