diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/influxdb3-python/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/influxdb3-python/default.nix
index 6c96217d9efd..da12de464ff8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/influxdb3-python/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/influxdb3-python/default.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
   pythonOlder,
   reactivex,
   setuptools,
+  pandas,
+  polars,
   urllib3,
 }:
 
@@ -25,6 +27,12 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-4P+bQEldyBNh4qsIkoZLXnUOrQ5wVGbr55xbS0oQMMM=";
   };
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    # Upstream falls back to a default version if not in a GitHub Actions
+    substituteInPlace setup.py \
+      --replace-fail "version=get_version()," "version = '${version}',"
+  '';
+
   build-system = [ setuptools ];
 
   dependencies = [
@@ -35,6 +43,15 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     urllib3
   ];
 
+  optional-dependencies = {
+    pandas = [ pandas ];
+    polars = [ polars ];
+    dataframe = [
+      pandas
+      polars
+    ];
+  };
+
   # Missing ORC support
   # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/212863
   # nativeCheckInputs = [