diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/spacy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/spacy/default.nix
index 990d8996d1b6..cbd02ae018a7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/spacy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/spacy/default.nix
@@ -49,7 +49,9 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   };
 
   postPatch = ''
-    sed -i "/numpy/d" pyproject.toml
+    # unpin numpy, cannot use pythonRelaxDeps because it's in build-system
+    substituteInPlace pyproject.toml setup.cfg \
+      --replace-fail ",<2.1.0" ""
   '';
 
   build-system = [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/wandb/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/wandb/default.nix
index 0872f5283e6f..e5968f51168b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/wandb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/wandb/default.nix
@@ -296,6 +296,11 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
       # Error in the moviepy package:
       # TypeError: must be real number, not NoneType
       "test_video_numpy_mp4"
+
+      # AssertionError: assert not _IS_INTERNAL_PROCESS
+      "test_disabled_can_pickle"
+      "test_disabled_context_manager"
+      "test_mode_disabled"
     ]
     ++ lib.optionals (stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin && stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86_64) [
       # AssertionError: assert not copy2_mock.called