diff --git a/pkgs/tools/backup/borgbackup/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/backup/borgbackup/default.nix
index 5aaffabd9325..5104dfd37512 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/backup/borgbackup/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/backup/borgbackup/default.nix
@@ -11,29 +11,19 @@
 , zstd
 , installShellFiles
 , nixosTests
-, fetchpatch
 , fetchPypi
 }:
 
 python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "borgbackup";
-  version = "1.2.3";
+  version = "1.2.4";
   format = "pyproject";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    hash = "sha256-4yQY+GM8lvqWgTUqVutjuY4pQgNHLBFKUkJwnTaWZ4U=";
+    hash = "sha256-pL1U6UaegbejCmcRQjEVq8gY2c2ETsscoOYQS8U3Tag=";
   };
 
-  patches = [
-    (fetchpatch {
-      # Fix HashIndexSizeTestCase.test_size_on_disk_accurate problems on ZFS,
-      # see https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/issues/7250
-      url = "https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/pull/7252/commits/fe3775cf8078c18d8fe39a7f42e52e96d3ecd054.patch";
-      hash = "sha256-gdssHfhdkmRfSAOeXsq9Afg7xqGM3NLIq4QnzmPBhw4=";
-    })
-  ];
-
   postPatch = ''
     # sandbox does not support setuid/setgid/sticky bits
     substituteInPlace src/borg/testsuite/archiver.py \
@@ -125,6 +115,7 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   outputs = [ "out" "doc" "man" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
+    changelog = "https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/blob/${version}/docs/changes.rst";
     description = "Deduplicating archiver with compression and encryption";
     homepage = "https://www.borgbackup.org";
     license = licenses.bsd3;