diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/transformers/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/transformers/default.nix
index d261337be26d..5bcbeb035f67 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/transformers/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/transformers/default.nix
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "transformers";
-  version = "4.40.0";
+  version = "4.40.1";
   pyproject = true;
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     owner = "huggingface";
     repo = "transformers";
     rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-k0AloOG7fRQhTW8IF6uQSfav8p1KC5633SaLNYZrZ2M=";
+    hash = "sha256-w9BVJwYS2QV58UTOpcoQwdC+dxZuhLS2h8PqN5W2Yjc=";
   };
 
   build-system = [