diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ao/ao3downloader/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ao/ao3downloader/package.nix
index 3cfc39a324d2..87806a817ffa 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ao/ao3downloader/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ao/ao3downloader/package.nix
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ python312Packages.buildPythonApplication (finalAttrs: {
 
   pythonRelaxDeps = [
     "requests"
+    # upstream is avoiding upgrade to support x86_64-darwin
+    # which we no longer support anyway
+    "cryptography"
   ];
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [