diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/whisperx/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/whisperx/default.nix
index a2e5b132259f..ba7734045e14 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/whisperx/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/whisperx/default.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
   huggingface-hub,
   nltk,
   numpy,
+  omegaconf,
   pandas,
   pyannote-audio,
   torch,
@@ -38,14 +39,14 @@ let
 in
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "whisperx";
-  version = "3.7.6";
+  version = "3.8.1";
   pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "m-bain";
     repo = "whisperX";
     tag = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-ZHPGQP5HIuFafHGS6ykiSNtHY6QHh0o8DUE2lV41lUI=";
+    hash = "sha256-2HjQtb8k3px0kqXowKtCXkiG2GuKLCuCtDOPYYa/tbc=";
   };
 
   # As `makeWrapperArgs` does not apply to the module, and whisperx depends on `ffmpeg`,
@@ -60,9 +61,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   build-system = [ setuptools ];
 
   pythonRelaxDeps = [
-    "numpy"
-    "pandas"
-    "pyannote-audio"
     "torch"
     "torchaudio"
   ];
@@ -72,6 +70,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     huggingface-hub
     nltk
     numpy
+    omegaconf
     pandas
     pyannote-audio
     torch
@@ -85,6 +84,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   # No tests in repository
   doCheck = false;
 
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "whisperx" ];
+
   meta = {
     mainProgram = "whisperx";
     description = "Automatic Speech Recognition with Word-level Timestamps (& Diarization)";
@@ -92,14 +93,5 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     changelog = "https://github.com/m-bain/whisperX/releases/tag/${src.tag}";
     license = lib.licenses.bsd2;
     maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.bengsparks ];
-
-    # nixpkgs has `pyannote-audio` >= 4.0.0, but `whisperx`'s `pyproject.toml` specifies <4.0.0.
-    #
-    # See https://github.com/m-bain/whisperX/issues/1240 for a serious discussion,
-    # and a potential upgrade in https://github.com/m-bain/whisperX/pull/1243.
-    # Alternatively read https://github.com/m-bain/whisperX/issues/1336 if you prefer a more humorous perspective.
-    #
-    # Failure was first documented in nixpkgs under https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/460172.
-    broken = true;
   };
 }