diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/aiogithubapi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/aiogithubapi/default.nix
index 7104ef0bbbdd..409dd2f6cd8f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/aiogithubapi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/aiogithubapi/default.nix
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   __darwinAllowLocalNetworking = true;
 
+  pythonRelaxDeps = [ "async-timeout" ];
+
   postPatch = ''
     # Upstream is releasing with the help of a CI to PyPI, GitHub releases
     # are not in their focus