diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/gradio/client.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/gradio/client.nix
index ce360b14f476..d45ab10c0567 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/gradio/client.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/gradio/client.nix
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
       disabledTests = [ ];
       pythonImportsCheck = null;
       dontCheckRuntimeDeps = true;
+      dontCheckPythonMetadata = true; # broken due to changed pname
     });
 
     inherit (gradio) updateScript;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/gradio/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/gradio/default.nix
index 9d0f1a1ea290..cf31fdfbc9d9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/gradio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/gradio/default.nix
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
   typer,
   typing-extensions,
   uvicorn,
+  urllib3,
 
   # oauth
   authlib,
@@ -157,6 +158,7 @@ buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
     typer
     typing-extensions
     uvicorn
+    urllib3
   ]
   ++ lib.optionals (pythonAtLeast "3.13") [
     audioop-lts
@@ -196,6 +198,10 @@ buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
   ++ finalAttrs.passthru.optional-dependencies.oauth
   ++ pydantic.optional-dependencies.email;
 
+  pythonRelaxDeps = [
+    "tomlkit" # pre-emptive upper bound
+  ];
+
   preBuild = ''
     pnpm build
     pnpm package
@@ -439,8 +445,8 @@ buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
             shopt -u globstar
           '';
           pythonImportsCheck = null;
-          dontCheckPythonMetadata = true;
           dontCheckRuntimeDeps = true;
+          dontCheckPythonMetadata = true; # broken due to changed pname
         });
 
     # We can't use gitUpdater, because we need to update the pnpm hash.