diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/gensim/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/gensim/default.nix
index e02b71f0ca46..c13babd7e4d9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/gensim/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/gensim/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   version = "4.3.3";
   pyproject = true;
 
-  disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
+  # C code generated with CPython3.12 does not work cython_0.
+  disabled = !(pythonOlder "3.12");
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
@@ -44,6 +45,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     pytestCheckHook
   ];
 
+  pythonRelaxDeps = [
+    "scipy"
+  ];
+
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "gensim" ];
 
   # Test setup takes several minutes