diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/firebase-admin/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/firebase-admin/default.nix
index 65e61d7321e0..b1f982a0ec4a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/firebase-admin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/firebase-admin/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  fetchpatch,
   setuptools,
   cachecontrol,
   cryptography,
@@ -33,6 +34,14 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   build-system = [ setuptools ];
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      name = "remove-asyncio-default-fixture-loop-scope.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/firebase/firebase-admin-python/commit/de713d21da83b1f50c24c5a23132ffc442700448.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-D4edbVHMejpnSmIYblrq9E5+YdbBzLe/VWbObvMNGdk=";
+    })
+  ];
+
   dependencies = [
     cachecontrol
     cryptography