diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/dbt-adapters/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dbt-adapters/default.nix
index 50a775edfa4e..f9f1548f93c7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/dbt-adapters/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dbt-adapters/default.nix
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 {
   lib,
+  agate,
   buildPythonPackage,
+  dbt-common,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   hatchling,
-  agate,
-  dbt-common,
   mashumaro,
   protobuf,
+  pytestCheckHook,
+  pythonOlder,
   pytz,
   typing-extensions,
-  pytestCheckHook,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -17,6 +18,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   version = "1.7.0";
   pyproject = true;
 
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
+
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "dbt-labs";
     repo = "dbt-adapters";
@@ -24,6 +27,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-I3A3rIMpT+MAq+ebid9RMr6I3W1l4ir78UmfeEr5U3U=";
   };
 
+  pythonRelaxDeps = [ "protobuf" ];
+
   build-system = [ hatchling ];
 
   dependencies = [