diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/testcontainers/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/testcontainers/default.nix
index 4e0c517ca55e..e1ef6e67796a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/testcontainers/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/testcontainers/default.nix
@@ -1,27 +1,30 @@
 {
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
-  pythonOlder,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+
+  # build-system
   poetry-core,
+
+  # buildInputs
   deprecation,
   docker,
   wrapt,
+
+  # dependencies
   typing-extensions,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "testcontainers";
-  version = "4.8.0";
+  version = "4.8.1";
   pyproject = true;
 
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.9";
-
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "testcontainers";
     repo = "testcontainers-python";
     rev = "refs/tags/testcontainers-v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-4PYtWn3NqGYe4BrYTG/CwPAdPVFkdUyFuAxwGQvd6y8=";
+    hash = "sha256-UCT0AmpDWMiAeRuW4BadZl4cJFCQPDogHOSkTYi/tqM=";
   };
 
   postPatch = ''