diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/weaviate-client/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/weaviate-client/default.nix
index 0ccf377ad50d..c5af533ab504 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/weaviate-client/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/weaviate-client/default.nix
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
   httpx,
   pydantic,
   pythonOlder,
+  requests,
   setuptools-scm,
-  tqdm,
   validators,
 }:
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     grpcio-tools
     httpx
     pydantic
-    tqdm
+    requests
     validators
   ];