diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/albucore/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/albucore/default.nix
index 8000174085d1..7158b48c67a6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/albucore/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/albucore/default.nix
@@ -2,57 +2,63 @@
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  setuptools,
-  pytestCheckHook,
+
+  # build-system
+  hatchling,
+
+  # dependencies
+  numkong,
   numpy,
   opencv-python,
-  simsimd,
   stringzilla,
+
+  # tests
+  hypothesis,
+  pytestCheckHook,
 }:
 
-buildPythonPackage rec {
+buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "albucore";
-  version = "0.0.24";
+  version = "0.2.4";
   pyproject = true;
+  __structuredAttrs = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "albumentations-team";
     repo = "albucore";
-    tag = version;
-    hash = "sha256-frVMPW3au/6vPRY89GIt7chCPkUMl13DpPqCPqIjz/o=";
+    tag = finalAttrs.version;
+    hash = "sha256-gI6q9ODkc2JoDfV8RA2NzwbC9A6QyZFa7C24prqMydU=";
   };
 
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace setup.py \
-      --replace-fail \
-        'from pkg_resources import DistributionNotFound, get_distribution' \
-        'from importlib.metadata import PackageNotFoundError as DistributionNotFound, distribution as get_distribution'
-  '';
-
-  pythonRelaxDeps = [ "opencv-python" ];
-
-  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+  build-system = [
+    hatchling
+  ];
 
   dependencies = [
+    numkong
     numpy
     opencv-python
-    simsimd
     stringzilla
   ];
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "albucore" ];
 
-  nativeCheckInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    hypothesis
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
 
-  # albumentations doesn't support newer versions of albucore
-  # and has been archived upstream in favor of relicensed `albumentationsx`
-  passthru.skipBulkUpdate = true;
+  disabledTests = [
+    # Flaky on some CPUs:
+    #   AssertionError: Not equal to tolerance rtol=1e-05, atol=1e-05
+    "test_normalize_consistency_across_shapes"
+  ];
 
   meta = {
     description = "High-performance image processing library to optimize and extend Albumentations with specialized functions for image transformations";
     homepage = "https://github.com/albumentations-team/albucore";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/albumentations-team/albucore/releases/tag/${version}";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/albumentations-team/albucore/releases/tag/${finalAttrs.src.tag}";
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ bcdarwin ];
   };
-}
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/albumentations/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/albumentations/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 623187c8e1ec..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/albumentations/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,103 +0,0 @@
-{
-  lib,
-  buildPythonPackage,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-
-  # build-system
-  setuptools,
-
-  # dependencies
-  albucore,
-  numpy,
-  opencv-python,
-  pydantic,
-  pyyaml,
-  scipy,
-
-  # optional dependencies
-  huggingface-hub,
-  pillow,
-  torch,
-
-  # tests
-  deepdiff,
-  pytestCheckHook,
-  pytest-mock,
-  scikit-image,
-  scikit-learn,
-  torchvision,
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "albumentations";
-  version = "2.0.8";
-  pyproject = true;
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "albumentations-team";
-    repo = "albumentations";
-    tag = version;
-    hash = "sha256-8vUipdkIelRtKwMw63oUBDN/GUI0gegMGQaqDyXAOTQ=";
-  };
-
-  patches = [
-    ./dont-check-for-updates.patch
-  ];
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace setup.py \
-      --replace-fail \
-        'from pkg_resources import DistributionNotFound, get_distribution' \
-        'from importlib.metadata import PackageNotFoundError as DistributionNotFound, distribution as get_distribution'
-    substituteInPlace tests/test_blur.py \
-      --replace-fail \
-        '(ImageFilter.GaussianBlur(radius=sigma))' \
-        '(ImageFilter.GaussianBlur(radius=float(sigma)))'
-  '';
-
-  pythonRelaxDeps = [ "opencv-python" ];
-
-  build-system = [ setuptools ];
-
-  dependencies = [
-    albucore
-    numpy
-    opencv-python
-    pydantic
-    pyyaml
-    scipy
-  ];
-
-  optional-dependencies = {
-    hub = [ huggingface-hub ];
-    pytorch = [ torch ];
-    text = [ pillow ];
-  };
-
-  nativeCheckInputs = [
-    deepdiff
-    pytestCheckHook
-    pytest-mock
-    scikit-image
-    scikit-learn
-    torch
-    torchvision
-  ];
-
-  disabledTests = [
-    "test_pca_inverse_transform"
-    # these tests hang
-    "test_keypoint_remap_methods"
-    "test_multiprocessing_support"
-  ];
-
-  pythonImportsCheck = [ "albumentations" ];
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Fast image augmentation library and easy to use wrapper around other libraries";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/albumentations-team/albumentations";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/albumentations-team/albumentations/releases/tag/${src.tag}";
-    license = lib.licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ natsukium ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/albumentations/dont-check-for-updates.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/albumentations/dont-check-for-updates.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6f9214e02f70..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/albumentations/dont-check-for-updates.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/albumentations/__init__.py b/albumentations/__init__.py
-index 44ee9b9..ea3bc50 100644
---- a/albumentations/__init__.py
-+++ b/albumentations/__init__.py
-@@ -22,7 +22,3 @@ from .core.transforms_interface import *
- 
- with suppress(ImportError):
-     from .pytorch import *
--
--# Perform the version check after all other initializations
--if os.getenv("NO_ALBUMENTATIONS_UPDATE", "").lower() not in {"true", "1"}:
--    check_for_updates()
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/albumentationsx/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/albumentationsx/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2689048ec00d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/albumentationsx/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+
+  # build-system
+  hatchling,
+
+  # dependencies
+  albucore,
+  numpy,
+  pydantic,
+  pyyaml,
+  scipy,
+  typing-extensions,
+
+  # optional-dependencies
+  opencv-contrib-python,
+  opencv-python,
+  opencv-python-headless,
+  huggingface-hub,
+  pillow,
+  torch,
+  pyvips,
+
+  # tests
+  deepdiff,
+  defusedxml,
+  gitMinimal,
+  hypothesis,
+  pytest-mock,
+  pytestCheckHook,
+  scikit-image,
+  scikit-learn,
+  torchvision,
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "albumentationsx";
+  version = "2.3.3";
+  pyproject = true;
+  __structuredAttrs = true;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "albumentations-team";
+    repo = "AlbumentationsX";
+    tag = finalAttrs.version;
+    hash = "sha256-exCQwduQM29K5Omb48KYIqm2D4yfOKFFEr37zhIvACY=";
+  };
+
+  build-system = [
+    hatchling
+  ];
+
+  dependencies = [
+    albucore
+    numpy
+    pydantic
+    pyyaml
+    scipy
+    typing-extensions
+  ];
+
+  optional-dependencies = {
+    contrib = [
+      opencv-contrib-python
+    ];
+    contrib-headless = [
+      # opencv-contrib-python-headless
+    ];
+    gui = [
+      opencv-python
+    ];
+    headless = [
+      opencv-python-headless
+    ];
+    hub = [
+      huggingface-hub
+    ];
+    pillow = [
+      pillow
+    ];
+    pytorch = [
+      torch
+    ];
+    pyvips = [
+      pyvips
+    ];
+    text = [
+      pillow
+    ];
+  };
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "albumentations" ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    deepdiff
+    defusedxml
+    gitMinimal
+    hypothesis
+    pillow
+    pytest-mock
+    pytestCheckHook
+    scikit-image
+    scikit-learn
+    torch
+    torchvision
+  ];
+
+  disabledTests = [
+    # ImportError: cannot import name 'benchmark_coverage' from 'tools'
+    "test_direct_script_ignores_unrelated_tools_package"
+
+    # AssertionError: Arrays are not almost equal to 6 decimals
+    "test_pca_inverse_transform"
+  ];
+
+  disabledTestPaths = [
+    # Infinite recursion with albu-spec
+    "tests/test_type_consistency.py"
+
+    # Requires unfree google-docstring-parser
+    "tests/test_docstrings.py"
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Python library for image augmentation";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/albumentations-team/AlbumentationsX";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/albumentations-team/AlbumentationsX/releases/tag/${finalAttrs.src.tag}";
+    license = lib.licenses.agpl3Only;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ GaetanLepage ];
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/insightface/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/insightface/default.nix
index 45c384fa1b91..95fdb9f918b4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/insightface/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/insightface/default.nix
@@ -1,36 +1,47 @@
 {
   lib,
-  albumentations,
   buildPythonPackage,
-  cython,
   fetchPypi,
-  insightface,
-  matplotlib,
+
+  # build-system
+  cython,
+  setuptools,
+
+  # dependencies
   mxnet,
   numpy,
   onnx,
   onnxruntime,
   opencv-python,
+  requests,
+  scikit-image,
+  scipy,
+  tqdm,
+
+  # optional-dependencies
+  # gui:
   pillow,
   pyside6,
   reportlab,
-  requests,
-  setuptools,
-  scipy,
-  scikit-image,
   scikit-learn,
+  # face3d
+  albumentationsx,
+  matplotlib,
+
+  insightface,
   testers,
-  tqdm,
   stdenv,
 }:
 
-buildPythonPackage rec {
+buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "insightface";
   version = "1.0.1";
   pyproject = true;
+  __structuredAttrs = true;
 
+  # No tags on GitHub
   src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
+    inherit (finalAttrs) pname version;
     hash = "sha256-J68kiRu7pHDLNXOzZqD8yomJ/IUDyfjygejLpv1xYHU=";
   };
 
@@ -59,16 +70,21 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
       scikit-learn
     ];
     face3d = [
-      albumentations
+      albumentationsx
       matplotlib
     ];
   };
 
-  # aarch64-linux tries to get cpu information from /sys, which isn't available
-  # inside the nix build sandbox.
-  dontUsePythonImportsCheck = stdenv.buildPlatform.system == "aarch64-linux";
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "insightface"
+    "insightface.app"
+    "insightface.data"
+  ];
 
-  passthru.tests = lib.optionalAttrs (stdenv.buildPlatform.system != "aarch64-linux") {
+  # No tests in the Pypi archive
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  passthru.tests = {
     version = testers.testVersion {
       package = insightface;
       command = "insightface-cli --help";
@@ -78,14 +94,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     };
   };
 
-  pythonImportsCheck = [
-    "insightface"
-    "insightface.app"
-    "insightface.data"
-  ];
-
-  doCheck = false; # Upstream has no tests
-
   meta = {
     description = "State-of-the-art 2D and 3D Face Analysis Project";
     mainProgram = "insightface-cli";
@@ -93,4 +101,4 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     license = lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ oddlama ];
   };
-}
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/development/rocm-modules/release-attrPaths.json b/pkgs/development/rocm-modules/release-attrPaths.json
index f86ebf24603d..4b0111764e46 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/rocm-modules/release-attrPaths.json
+++ b/pkgs/development/rocm-modules/release-attrPaths.json
@@ -187,7 +187,6 @@
     "python3Packages.accelerate",
     "python3Packages.adios2",
     "python3Packages.aigpy",
-    "python3Packages.albumentations",
     "python3Packages.ale-py",
     "python3Packages.anndata",
     "python3Packages.apptools",
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index c82063aba1d8..0f137fc7e207 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ mapAliases {
   aiosenz = throw "aiosenz was removed because Home Assistant switched to pysenz"; # added 2025-12-29
   aioshutil = throw "'aioshutil' was removed because uiprotect no longer depends on it"; # added 2026-02-16
   aioxmpp = throw "'aioxmpp' was removed because it depends on aiosasl, which is abandoned and does not work on modern Python versions."; # Added 2026-06-28
+  albumentations = throw "'albumentations' was removed because it is unmaintained since 2025. You may now use albumentationsx"; # added 2026-07-18
   amazon-kclpy = throw "amazon-kclpy has been removed because it has been marked as broken since at least November 2024."; # Added 2025-10-03
   amazon_kclpy = throw "'amazon_kclpy' has been renamed to/replaced by 'amazon-kclpy'"; # Converted to throw 2025-10-29
   amqplib = throw "amqplib has been removed as it was unmaintained upstream"; # Added 2025-11-22
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 1bb7709eab24..41ff1aede139 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   albucore = callPackage ../development/python-modules/albucore { };
 
-  albumentations = callPackage ../development/python-modules/albumentations { };
+  albumentationsx = callPackage ../development/python-modules/albumentationsx { };
 
   ale-py = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ale-py { };