diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mkdocs-jupyter/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mkdocs-jupyter/default.nix
index b03f7196e234..6d7f0ee85296 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mkdocs-jupyter/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mkdocs-jupyter/default.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
   pygments,
   pytestCheckHook,
   pytest-cov-stub,
+  writableTmpDirAsHomeHook,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -24,10 +25,17 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-DpJy/0lH4OxoPJJCOkv7QqJkd8EDqxpquCd+LcyPev4=";
   };
 
-  pythonRelaxDeps = [ "nbconvert" ];
+  pythonRelaxDeps = [
+    "ipykernel"
+    "nbconvert"
+  ];
 
   build-system = [ hatchling ];
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    writableTmpDirAsHomeHook
+  ];
+
   dependencies = [
     ipykernel
     jupytext