diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/aws-sam-translator/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/aws-sam-translator/default.nix
index 3494ce92dddc..227c0f608df8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/aws-sam-translator/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/aws-sam-translator/default.nix
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@
 , boto3
 , buildPythonPackage
 , fetchFromGitHub
-, fetchpatch
 , jsonschema
-, mock
 , parameterized
 , pydantic
 , pytest-env
@@ -18,7 +16,7 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "aws-sam-translator";
-  version = "1.60.1";
+  version = "1.73.0";
   format = "setuptools";
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
@@ -27,7 +25,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     owner = "aws";
     repo = "serverless-application-model";
     rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-exVB1STX8OsFnQ0pzSuR3O/FrvG2GR5MdZa8tZ9IJvI=";
+    hash = "sha256-rj+q/06gIvPYTJP/EH9ZrP0Sp4J3K1aCRyNkgpphWP4=";
   };
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
@@ -37,17 +35,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     typing-extensions
   ];
 
-  patches = [
-    (fetchpatch {
-      # relax typing-extenions dependency
-      url = "https://github.com/aws/serverless-application-model/commit/d1c26f7ad9510a238ba570d511d5807a81379d0a.patch";
-      hash = "sha256-nh6MtRgi0RrC8xLkLbU6/Ec0kYtxIG/fgjn/KLiAM0E=";
-    })
-  ];
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace requirements/base.txt \
-      --replace "jsonschema~=3.2" "jsonschema>=3.2"
+  preCheck = ''
+    sed -i '2ienv =\n\tAWS_DEFAULT_REGION=us-east-1' pytest.ini
     substituteInPlace pytest.ini \
       --replace " --cov samtranslator --cov-report term-missing --cov-fail-under 95" ""
   '';
@@ -61,15 +50,13 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     pyyaml
   ];
 
-  doCheck = false; # tests fail in weird ways
-
   pythonImportsCheck = [
     "samtranslator"
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Python library to transform SAM templates into AWS CloudFormation templates";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/awslabs/serverless-application-model";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/aws/serverless-application-model";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
   };