diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/nicegui-highcharts/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/nicegui-highcharts/default.nix
index 107efc786a6a..c61759f69041 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/nicegui-highcharts/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/nicegui-highcharts/default.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   fetchFromGitHub,
   nicegui,
   hatchling,
+  pyprojectVersionPatchHook,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
@@ -23,6 +24,8 @@ buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
 
   build-system = [ hatchling ];
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pyprojectVersionPatchHook ];
+
   dependencies = [
     docutils
     nicegui