diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/rendercanvas/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rendercanvas/default.nix
index 9b02a7f1c360..a06d5225e431 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/rendercanvas/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/rendercanvas/default.nix
@@ -22,14 +22,14 @@
 }:
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "rendercanvas";
-  version = "2.4.2";
+  version = "2.5.1";
   pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "pygfx";
     repo = "rendercanvas";
     tag = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-42jnCD0jSGkz6zLokzF1lXjnVP8E2yrPu8AQ80EKEI4=";
+    hash = "sha256-FjKotBAGEtM5JYA3PGeoSl3v4m6vq1EE/r/gCsabdIo=";
   };
 
   postPatch = ''
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   build-system = [ flit-core ];
 
-  dependencies = [ sniffio ];
-
   nativeCheckInputs = [
     pytestCheckHook
     glfw
@@ -51,7 +49,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   ];
 
   # flaky timing and / or interrupt based tests
-  disabledTests = [ "test_offscreen_event_loop" ];
+  disabledTests = [
+    "test_offscreen_event_loop"
+    "test_call_later_thread"
+  ];
   disabledTestPaths = [
     "tests/test_loop.py"
     "tests/test_scheduling.py"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/wgpu-py/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/wgpu-py/default.nix
index 008b493a220c..4a20862682ac 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/wgpu-py/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/wgpu-py/default.nix
@@ -39,14 +39,14 @@
 }:
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "wgpu-py";
-  version = "0.28.1";
+  version = "0.29.0";
   pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "pygfx";
     repo = "wgpu-py";
     tag = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-91L0rXaMYtDztk9aJQhWDWa8sG+MHQ4sPyidzZmK+ZI=";
+    hash = "sha256-drXO3NHIuK34tbOZjxOCz1lnlcrfx6mADZ2WlEc9vDU=";
   };
 
   postPatch =