diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/we/weblate/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/we/weblate/package.nix
index fc672746baf2..c5e954134479 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/we/weblate/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/we/weblate/package.nix
@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ python.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
       ${python.pythonOnBuildForHost.interpreter} manage.py compress
     '';
 
+  pythonRelaxDeps = [
+    "rapidfuzz"
+  ];
+
   dependencies =
     with python.pkgs;
     [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/rapidfuzz/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rapidfuzz/default.nix
index 0918970a9ead..316570ad2b2b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/rapidfuzz/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rapidfuzz/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "rapidfuzz";
-  version = "3.12.0";
+  version = "3.12.1";
   pyproject = true;
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.9";
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     owner = "maxbachmann";
     repo = "RapidFuzz";
     tag = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-BNhdN6nKAIIA2PXrpvdy35udklotoBAu2ghQFNwGvWE=";
+    hash = "sha256-33NwGWulBJ7WAMAE0163OJM9kL04FuHa5P7m66PZL6s=";
   };
 
   postPatch = ''