diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/notify-py/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/notify-py/default.nix
index 9184199c0acb..0ca2568673f5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/notify-py/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/notify-py/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "notify-py";
-  version = "0.3.38";
+  version = "0.3.39";
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
 
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "ms7m";
     repo = pname;
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-wlA7a10f4PYP3dYYwZqMULQ5FMCXpOUOTxXzEEVZCsI=";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-QIK5MCCOsD8SStoh7TRw+l9k28SjChwV2J/T7gMKnAs=";
   };
 
   patches = lib.optionals stdenv.isLinux [