diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/bork/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/bork/default.nix
index d3368634604d..b48ff6603f33 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/bork/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/bork/default.nix
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   ];
 
   pythonRelaxDeps = [
+    "build"
     "packaging"
     "readme-renderer"
     "twine"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/humanfriendly/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/humanfriendly/default.nix
index 766fb1339159..8c217e3ac228 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/humanfriendly/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/humanfriendly/default.nix
@@ -2,18 +2,30 @@
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchPypi,
+  fetchpatch2,
+  setuptools,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "humanfriendly";
   version = "10.0";
-  format = "setuptools";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
     sha256 = "6b0b831ce8f15f7300721aa49829fc4e83921a9a301cc7f606be6686a2288ddc";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch2 {
+      # https://github.com/xolox/python-humanfriendly/pull/75
+      url = "https://github.com/musicinmybrain/python-humanfriendly/commit/13d05b8057010121acd2a402a337ef4ee5834062.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-m7cySiIx0gNhh6KKhT71DJFOtFu2Copk9ic2yaiCulk=";
+    })
+  ];
+
+  build-system = [ setuptools ];
+
   # humanfriendly tests depends on coloredlogs which itself depends on
   # humanfriendly. This lead to infinite recursion when trying to
   # build this package so we have to disable the test suite :(
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/spsdk/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/spsdk/default.nix
index fdc74f982c29..0e0d56aa027e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/spsdk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/spsdk/default.nix
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     "click"
     "cryptography"
     "platformdirs"
+    "requests"
     "typing-extensions"
   ];