diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/orbax-checkpoint/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/orbax-checkpoint/default.nix
index c6b55e5c1b86..a89d762a8ee8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/orbax-checkpoint/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/orbax-checkpoint/default.nix
@@ -34,20 +34,24 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "orbax-checkpoint";
-  version = "0.11.6";
+  version = "0.11.8";
   pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "google";
     repo = "orbax";
     tag = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-2bnm9D+ywhploTmtZ+frwf8VuTjczBVN+wqcfe3x77I=";
+    hash = "sha256-h7SXuOhytM9ev0Q53z0UoT9/ShPVlqgFofn7j8gnehM=";
   };
 
   sourceRoot = "${src.name}/checkpoint";
 
   build-system = [ flit-core ];
 
+  pythonRelaxDeps = [
+    "jax"
+  ];
+
   dependencies = [
     absl-py
     etils