diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/fastapi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/fastapi/default.nix
index 0ed9d42c3b0..3513f57cdbe 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/fastapi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/fastapi/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "fastapi";
-  version = "0.54.0";
+  version = "0.54.1";
   format = "flit";
   disabled = !isPy3k;
 
@@ -24,9 +24,14 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     owner = "tiangolo";
     repo = "fastapi";
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "17bicrpr801z71wrn9iimvh7qk6iwyxvr89ialf0s2rxxa2s0yb5";
+    sha256 = "0k0lss8x6lzf0szcli48v28r269fsx1jdkr9q78liz47dz5x03d8";
   };
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
+      --replace "starlette ==0.13.2" "starlette"
+  '';
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     uvicorn
     starlette