diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/tempest/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tempest/default.nix
index 5a88c7e1222b..da8855a61930 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/tempest/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tempest/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonApplication
 , fetchPypi
-, fetchpatch
 , pbr
 , cliff
 , jsonschema
@@ -29,21 +28,13 @@
 
 buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "tempest";
-  version = "29.2.0";
+  version = "30.1.0";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "0521d3042360c0fb469b16f99174a9abddbae8a2d2a81268cfc664f1ccfdd0f9";
+    sha256 = "sha256-yaNw3c3d8TsSK9cXF9Lw9rKEcqx8YC6cigPURNdJy0A=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    # remove need for unittest2
-    (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://github.com/openstack/tempest/commit/cd3745c27b7d8fcdaffc72b965a3d803d9ee12c2.patch";
-      sha256 = "sha256-UwUmyFZokH66Xqfsj982MBHb0w7x6v4SAtXlqA5dpnk=";
-    })
-  ];
-
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     pbr
     cliff