diff --git a/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/custom-components/rct_power/package.nix b/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/custom-components/rct_power/package.nix
index 3096d8ba67cf..d22d017e53c2 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/custom-components/rct_power/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/home-assistant/custom-components/rct_power/package.nix
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ buildHomeAssistantComponent rec {
     rctclient
   ];
 
+  ignoreVersionRequirement = [
+    # rctclient 0.0.4 was never published on PyPI
+    "rctclient"
+  ];
+
   doCheck = false; # no tests
 
   meta = with lib; {