diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/httpx/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/httpx/default.nix
index 0a32af68bab9..f4572167049f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/httpx/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/httpx/default.nix
@@ -27,11 +27,12 @@
   pytest-trio,
   trustme,
   uvicorn,
+  zstandard,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "httpx";
-  version = "0.27.0";
+  version = "0.27.2";
   format = "pyproject";
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
@@ -40,10 +41,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     owner = "encode";
     repo = pname;
     rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-13EnSzrCkseK6s6Yz9OpLzqo/2PTFiB31m5fAIJLoZg=";
+    hash = "sha256-N0ztVA/KMui9kKIovmOfNTwwrdvSimmNkSvvC+3gpck=";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
+  build-system = [
     hatch-fancy-pypi-readme
     hatchling
   ];
@@ -57,14 +58,15 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   ];
 
   optional-dependencies = {
-    http2 = [ h2 ];
-    socks = [ socksio ];
     brotli = if isPyPy then [ brotlicffi ] else [ brotli ];
     cli = [
       click
       rich
       pygments
     ];
+    http2 = [ h2 ];
+    socks = [ socksio ];
+    zstd = [ zstandard ];
   };
 
   # trustme uses pyopenssl