diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mne/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mne/default.nix
index 13aacef6f8bf..070f91c5c96b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mne/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mne/default.nix
@@ -18,11 +18,15 @@
   h5io,
   pymatreader,
   pythonOlder,
+  procps,
+  optipng,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "mne";
-  version = "1.9.0";
+  # 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 = [
@@ -80,13 +92,16 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     "test_hitachi_basic"
   ];
 
+  # removes 700k lines form pytest log, remove this when scipy is at v1.17.0
+  pytestFlagsArray = [ "--disable-warnings" ];
+
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "mne" ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     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