diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/tesserocr/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tesserocr/default.nix
index baf9dde1289b..0d3cd209f038 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/tesserocr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tesserocr/default.nix
@@ -22,21 +22,18 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "tesserocr";
-  version = "2.9.2";
+  version = "2.8.0";
   format = "setuptools";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    hash = "sha256-L6H+PHlXXW/VtSd4Xnc/oZsFXwf5Iv6yrJ1sHmIjNSI=";
+    hash = "sha256-vlGNGxtf9UwRqtoeD9EpQlCepwWB4KizmipHOgstvTY=";
   };
 
   patches = [
-    # Fix a broken test. The issue has been reported upstream at
-    # https://github.com/sirfz/tesserocr/issues/363
-    # Check the status of the issue before removing this patch at the next
-    # update.
+    # Backport https://github.com/sirfz/tesserocr/pull/364 to fix tests
     (fetchpatch {
-      url = "https://github.com/sirfz/tesserocr/commit/78d9e8187bd4d282d572bd5221db2c69e560e017.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/sirfz/tesserocr/commit/853a885d0154a0345e1ea7db80febe04893a3da8.patch";
       hash = "sha256-s51s9EIV9AZT6UoqwTuQ8lOjToqwIIUkDLjsvCsyYFU=";
     })
   ];