diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ba/backgroundremover/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ba/backgroundremover/package.nix
index 3564193ce9a6..67c2f2eaa6a8 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ba/backgroundremover/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ba/backgroundremover/package.nix
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@ let
   p = python3.pkgs;
   self = p.buildPythonApplication rec {
     pname = "backgroundremover";
-    version = "0.2.6";
+    version = "0.2.8";
     pyproject = true;
 
     src = fetchFromGitHub {
       owner = "nadermx";
       repo = "backgroundremover";
       rev = "v${version}";
-      hash = "sha256-dDOo7NPwvdfV+ae2oMUytCGC+2HF6xUI7dyKk2we23w=";
+      hash = "sha256-LjVT4j0OzfbVSQgU0z/gzRTLm7N0RQRrfxtTugWwOxs=";
     };
 
     models = runCommand "background-remover-models" {} ''
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ let
 
     nativeBuildInputs = [ p.setuptools p.wheel p.pythonRelaxDepsHook ];
 
-    pythonRelaxDeps = [ "torchvision" ];
+    pythonRelaxDeps = [ "pillow" "torchvision" ];
 
     propagatedBuildInputs = [
       p.certifi