diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/picard/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/picard/default.nix
index cc3cd76f02bf..75d5dc09a613 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/picard/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/picard/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 { lib
-, python3Packages
+# Python 3.12 demonstrates a peculiar segmentation fault with pyqt5. Using
+# pyqt6 with Python 3.12 should work, but this is not released yet.
+, python311Packages
 , fetchFromGitHub
 
 , chromaprint
@@ -11,7 +13,7 @@
 }:
 
 let
-  pythonPackages = python3Packages;
+  pythonPackages = python311Packages;
   pyqt5 =
     if enablePlayback then
       pythonPackages.pyqt5-multimedia