diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/openai/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/openai/default.nix
index c1cfc7c22bd6..476638d066ef 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/openai/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/openai/default.nix
@@ -19,11 +19,17 @@
   tqdm,
   typing-extensions,
 
+  # optional-dependencies (datalib)
   numpy,
   pandas,
   pandas-stubs,
+
+  # optional-dependencies (realtime)
   websockets,
 
+  # optional-dependencies (voice-helpers)
+  sounddevice,
+
   # check deps
   pytestCheckHook,
   dirty-equals,
@@ -32,11 +38,15 @@
   pytest-asyncio,
   pytest-mock,
   respx,
+
+  # optional-dependencies toggle
+  withRealtime ? true,
+  withVoiceHelpers ? true,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "openai";
-  version = "1.66.3";
+  version = "1.68.2";
   pyproject = true;
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
@@ -45,24 +55,31 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     owner = "openai";
     repo = "openai-python";
     tag = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-T9ZW/93ovzJgLEjLgzp/4bPezONxqlYNFpe6U8a7q/A=";
+    hash = "sha256-TA+gr6cFGFlbAUqfgSbLFsoKdSZktPwk6DUfeq99PsM=";
   };
 
+  postPatch = ''substituteInPlace pyproject.toml --replace-fail "hatchling==1.26.3" "hatchling"'';
+
   build-system = [
     hatchling
     hatch-fancy-pypi-readme
   ];
 
-  dependencies = [
-    anyio
-    distro
-    httpx
-    jiter
-    pydantic
-    sniffio
-    tqdm
-    typing-extensions
-  ] ++ optional-dependencies.realtime;
+  dependencies =
+    [
+      anyio
+      distro
+      httpx
+      jiter
+      numpy
+      pydantic
+      sniffio
+      sounddevice
+      tqdm
+      typing-extensions
+    ]
+    ++ lib.optionals withRealtime optional-dependencies.realtime
+    ++ lib.optionals withVoiceHelpers optional-dependencies.voice-helpers;
 
   optional-dependencies = {
     datalib = [
@@ -73,6 +90,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     realtime = [
       websockets
     ];
+    voice-helpers = [
+      numpy
+      sounddevice
+    ];
   };
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "openai" ];