diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pulumi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pulumi/default.nix
index 68e5391b9691..11d1721fdc97 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pulumi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pulumi/default.nix
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     cp ../../README.md .
     substituteInPlace setup.py \
       --replace "3.0.0" "${version}" \
-      --replace "grpcio==1.51.3" "grpcio"
+      --replace "grpcio==1.51.3" "grpcio" \
+      --replace "semver~=2.13" "semver"
   '';
 
   # Allow local networking in tests on Darwin