diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/op/openapi-python-client/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/op/openapi-python-client/package.nix
index a4445a6a5670..6c7a1f5f413f 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/op/openapi-python-client/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/op/openapi-python-client/package.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
   python3Packages,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   installShellFiles,
-  ruff,
   testers,
   openapi-python-client,
 }:
@@ -35,22 +34,24 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
     hatchling
   ];
 
-  dependencies =
-    (with python3Packages; [
+  dependencies = (
+    with python3Packages;
+    [
       attrs
       httpx
       jinja2
       pydantic
       python-dateutil
       ruamel-yaml
+      ruff
       shellingham
       typer
       typing-extensions
-    ])
-    ++ [ ruff ];
-
-  # ruff is not packaged as a python module in nixpkgs
-  pythonRemoveDeps = [ "ruff" ];
+    ]
+  );
+  # openapi-python-client defines upper bounds to the dependencies, ruff python library is
+  # just a simple wrapper to locate the binary. We'll remove the upper bound
+  pythonRelaxDeps = [ "ruff" ];
 
   postInstall = ''
     # see: https://github.com/fastapi/typer/blob/5889cf82f4ed925f92e6b0750bf1b1ed9ee672f3/typer/completion.py#L54