diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mne-python/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mne/default.nix
similarity index 61%
rename from pkgs/development/python-modules/mne-python/default.nix
rename to pkgs/development/python-modules/mne/default.nix
index b36d06a2793f..1cf7dcc1f19b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mne-python/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mne/default.nix
@@ -18,11 +18,15 @@
   h5io,
   pymatreader,
   pythonOlder,
+  procps,
+  optipng,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "mne-python";
-  version = "1.9.0";
+  pname = "mne";
+  # https://github.com/mne-tools/mne-python/pull/13049 is required to build, it does not apply if fetchpatch'ed
+  stableVersion = "1.9.0";
+  version = "1.9.0-unstable-2025-05-01";
   pyproject = true;
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.9";
@@ -30,14 +34,22 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "mne-tools";
     repo = "mne-python";
-    tag = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-Y9xkp1tji0+muP8+HqogRj5TGKCtpJzapKYWtmGw+F0=";
+    rev = "5df1721b488070e3b3928dface9dd0b8c39a3bef";
+    hash = "sha256-BCLejk0sVym+HRCfnTl5LTOGUMrQdxZbqhrCnIpzsvM=";
   };
 
+  env.SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION = stableVersion;
+
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace pyproject.toml  \
       --replace-fail "--cov-report=" ""  \
       --replace-fail "--cov-branch" ""
+
+    substituteInPlace doc/conf.py \
+      --replace-fail '"optipng"' '"${lib.getExe optipng}"'
+    substituteInPlace mne/utils/config.py \
+      --replace-fail '"free"'   '"${lib.getExe' procps "free"}"' \
+      --replace-fail '"sysctl"' '"${lib.getExe' procps "sysctl"}"'
   '';
 
   build-system = [
@@ -78,6 +90,15 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     "test_plotting_scalebars"
     # tries to write a datetime object to hdf5, which fails:
     "test_hitachi_basic"
+    # flaky
+    "test_fine_cal_systems"
+    "test_simulate_raw_bem"
+  ];
+
+  pytestFlagsArray = [
+    "-m 'not (slowtest or ultraslowtest or pgtest)'"
+    # removes 700k lines form pytest log, remove this when scipy is at v1.17.0
+    "--disable-warnings"
   ];
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "mne" ];
@@ -86,7 +107,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     description = "Magnetoencephelography and electroencephalography in Python";
     mainProgram = "mne";
     homepage = "https://mne.tools";
-    changelog = "https://mne.tools/stable/changes/${src.tag}.html";
+    changelog = "https://mne.tools/stable/changes/${stableVersion}.html";
     license = licenses.bsd3;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [
       bcdarwin
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index a620853eb405..f42db1303c54 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -415,6 +415,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   mitmproxy-wireguard = throw "mitmproxy-wireguard has been removed because it was replaced by upstream with mitmproxy-rs"; # added 2023-11-06
   mkdocs-awesome-pages-plugin = mkdocs-awesome-nav; # added 2025-03-10
   mkdocs-minify = mkdocs-minify-plugin; # added 2023-11-28
+  mne-python = mne; # added 2025-05-02
   modestmaps = throw "modestmaps is unmaintained and was never enabled for anything except Python27"; # Added 2025-03-23
   mox = throw "mox was removed because it is unmaintained"; # added 2023-02-21
   mox3 = throw "mox3 was removed because it is unmaintained"; # added 2024-08-30
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 8a72c051a393..7119f764d77a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -8966,7 +8966,7 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   mmtf-python = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mmtf-python { };
 
-  mne-python = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mne-python { };
+  mne = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mne { };
 
   mnemonic = callPackage ../development/python-modules/mnemonic { };