diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django/3.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django/3.nix
index 25f2533ad7d9..815c609428ac 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django/3.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django/3.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchPypi
 , substituteAll
-, geos
+, geos39
 , gdal
 , asgiref
 , pytz
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   patches = lib.optional withGdal
     (substituteAll {
       src = ./django_3_set_geos_gdal_lib.patch;
-      inherit geos;
+      inherit geos39;
       inherit gdal;
       extension = stdenv.hostPlatform.extensions.sharedLibrary;
     });
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django/django_3_set_geos_gdal_lib.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django/django_3_set_geos_gdal_lib.patch
index 6b853f8d85f0..15f0773dcf4f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django/django_3_set_geos_gdal_lib.patch
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django/django_3_set_geos_gdal_lib.patch
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ diff -Nur a/django/contrib/gis/geos/libgeos.py b/django/contrib/gis/geos/libgeos
          lib_path = settings.GEOS_LIBRARY_PATH
      except (AttributeError, ImportError, ImproperlyConfigured, OSError):
 -        lib_path = None
-+        lib_path = "@geos@/lib/libgeos_c@extension@"
++        lib_path = "@geos39@/lib/libgeos_c@extension@"
 
      # Setting the appropriate names for the GEOS-C library.
      if lib_path: