diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/duckdb/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/duckdb/default.nix
index 05961bce89c..dde0806add4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/duckdb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/duckdb/default.nix
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "duckdb";
-  version = "0.1.8";
+  version = "0.2.1";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "cwida";
     repo = "duckdb";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "15qn967q9v23l0sgb2jqb77z4qdkyn1zwdpj4b0rd9zk5h3fzj55";
+    sha256 = "18l4qdzfm8k9ggn49r3h99cbcmmq01byzkxps3pvmq8q246hb55x";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/duckdb/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/duckdb/default.nix
index c839dea3d1a..ea6dfe32fda 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/duckdb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/duckdb/default.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,13 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "duckdb";
   inherit (duckdb) version src;
 
+  # build attempts to use git to figure out its own version. don't want to add
+  # the dependency for something pointless.
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace scripts/package_build.py --replace \
+      "'git'" "'false'"
+  '';
+
   postConfigure = ''
     cd tools/pythonpkg
     export SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION=${version}