diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix
index bb5a0b660086..fdebd48b4102 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix
@@ -198,6 +198,17 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       "-DWITH_CYCLES_DEVICE_OPTIX=ON"
     ];
 
+  preConfigure = ''
+    (
+      expected_python_version=$(grep -E --only-matching 'set\(_PYTHON_VERSION_SUPPORTED [0-9.]+\)' build_files/cmake/Modules/FindPythonLibsUnix.cmake | grep -E --only-matching '[0-9.]+')
+      actual_python_version=$(python -c 'import sys; print(".".join(map(str, sys.version_info[0:2])))')
+      if ! [[ "$actual_python_version" = "$expected_python_version" ]]; then
+        echo "wrong Python version, expected '$expected_python_version', got '$actual_python_version'" >&2
+        exit 1
+      fi
+    )
+  '';
+
   nativeBuildInputs =
     [
       cmake
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 98da1107043a..ee440072c955 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -29554,6 +29554,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   blender = callPackage  ../applications/misc/blender {
     openexr = openexr_3;
+    python3Packages = python311Packages;
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Cocoa CoreGraphics ForceFeedback OpenAL OpenGL;
   };