diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/humanize/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/humanize/default.nix
index 89b848ff1cfb..dbc0bdf1caef 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/humanize/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/humanize/default.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "humanize";
-  version = "4.9.0";
+  version = "4.10.0";
   format = "pyproject";
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     owner = "python-humanize";
     repo = pname;
     rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-sLlgR6c65RmUNZdH2pHuxzo7dm71uUZXGqzcqyxCrk4=";
+    hash = "sha256-zzasFAaWH284IEnWwWKvCL1lt/ItNfdbWhq1K30gSPU=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     gettext
   ];
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    # Remove dependency on pytest-cov
+    substituteInPlace pyproject.toml --replace-fail \
+      '"ignore:sys.monitoring isn'"'"'t available, using default core:coverage.exceptions.CoverageWarning",' ""
+  '';
+
   postBuild = ''
     scripts/generate-translation-binaries.sh
   '';