diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/tuf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tuf/default.nix
index 9f4deed575e3..2572c4ed8cd7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/tuf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tuf/default.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
-      --replace "hatchling==" "hatchling>="
+      --replace-fail "hatchling==" "hatchling>="
   '';
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [