diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/cassandra-driver/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/cassandra-driver/default.nix
index 7aefe2844a36..0f0697fdcb92 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/cassandra-driver/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/cassandra-driver/default.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
   cython,
   eventlet,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  fetchpatch,
   geomet,
   gevent,
   gremlinpython,
@@ -17,7 +16,6 @@
   pytz,
   pyyaml,
   scales,
-  six,
   sure,
   twisted,
   setuptools,
@@ -26,25 +24,16 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "cassandra-driver";
-  version = "3.29.2";
+  version = "3.29.3";
   pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "datastax";
     repo = "python-driver";
     tag = version;
-    hash = "sha256-RX9GLk2admzRasmP7LCwIfsJIt8TC/9rWhIcoTqS0qc=";
+    hash = "sha256-VynrUc7gqAi061FU2ln4B1fK4NaSUcjSgH1i1JQpmvk=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    # https://github.com/datastax/python-driver/pull/1242
-    (fetchpatch {
-      name = "Maintain-compatibility-with-CPython-3.13.patch";
-      url = "https://github.com/datastax/python-driver/commit/b144a84a1f97002c4545b335efaac719519cd9fa.patch";
-      hash = "sha256-60ki6i1SiGxK+J4x/8voS7Hh2x249ykpjU9EMYKD8kc=";
-    })
-  ];
-
   pythonRelaxDeps = [ "geomet" ];
 
   build-system = [
@@ -56,10 +45,18 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   buildInputs = [ libev ];
 
   dependencies = [
-    six
     geomet
   ];
 
+  optional-dependencies = {
+    cle = [ cryptography ];
+    eventlet = [ eventlet ];
+    gevent = [ gevent ];
+    graph = [ gremlinpython ];
+    metrics = [ scales ];
+    twisted = [ twisted ];
+  };
+
   nativeCheckInputs = [
     pytestCheckHook
     pytz
@@ -75,6 +72,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     export CASS_DRIVER_BUILD_CONCURRENCY=$NIX_BUILD_CORES
   '';
 
+  __darwinAllowLocalNetworking = true;
+
   # Make /etc/protocols accessible to allow socket.getprotobyname('tcp') in sandbox,
   # also /etc/resolv.conf is referenced by some tests
   preCheck =
@@ -119,15 +118,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     "test_nts_token_performance"
   ];
 
-  optional-dependencies = {
-    cle = [ cryptography ];
-    eventlet = [ eventlet ];
-    gevent = [ gevent ];
-    graph = [ gremlinpython ];
-    metrics = [ scales ];
-    twisted = [ twisted ];
-  };
-
   meta = {
     description = "Python client driver for Apache Cassandra";
     homepage = "http://datastax.github.io/python-driver";