diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/wandb/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/wandb/default.nix
index ef7ac2817471..9636de89d64a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/wandb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/wandb/default.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 
   ## gpu-stats
   rustPlatform,
-  darwin,
 
   ## wandb
   buildPythonPackage,
@@ -72,15 +71,16 @@
   tenacity,
   torch,
   tqdm,
+  writableTmpDirAsHomeHook,
 }:
 
 let
-  version = "0.19.5";
+  version = "0.19.6";
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "wandb";
     repo = "wandb";
     tag = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-NkwXHogHBsDdaWdATWujdvnSr0oXp3RbWq5hQX53WR8=";
+    hash = "sha256-snyr0IlE4otk1ctWUrJEFAmHYsXe+k6qULCaO3aW0e4=";
   };
 
   gpu-stats = rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
@@ -236,12 +236,9 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     tenacity
     torch
     tqdm
+    writableTmpDirAsHomeHook
   ];
 
-  preCheck = ''
-    export HOME=$(mktemp -d)
-  '';
-
   # test_matplotlib_image_with_multiple_axes may take >60s
   pytestFlagsArray = [
     "--timeout=1024"