diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/stringzilla/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/stringzilla/default.nix
index d114ff802646..47111f1f0e8d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/stringzilla/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/stringzilla/default.nix
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "stringzilla";
-  version = "4.3.0";
+  version = "4.4.2";
   pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "ashvardanian";
     repo = "stringzilla";
     tag = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-MitvjIb+mBK22hxjtqbVB6kYP7pdvF5LxWiS2R/6Jk4=";
+    hash = "sha256-o3MrIPzu61Zod6RpmWA356hlquVPQKu7+aYZrqxjMjo=";
   };
 
   build-system = [
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   enabledTestPaths = [ "scripts/test_stringzilla.py" ];
 
+  disabledTests = [
+    # test downloads CaseFolding.txt from unicode.org
+    "test_utf8_case_fold_all_codepoints"
+  ];
+
   meta = {
     changelog = "https://github.com/ashvardanian/StringZilla/releases/tag/${src.tag}";
     description = "SIMD-accelerated string search, sort, hashes, fingerprints, & edit distances";