diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/langgraph-checkpoint-sqlite/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/langgraph-checkpoint-sqlite/default.nix
index d701b54db3f2..7bd37f352d69 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/langgraph-checkpoint-sqlite/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/langgraph-checkpoint-sqlite/default.nix
@@ -31,8 +31,12 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     langgraph-checkpoint
   ];
 
-  # Checkpoint clients are lagging behind langgraph-checkpoint
-  pythonRelaxDeps = [ "langgraph-checkpoint" ];
+  pythonRelaxDeps = [
+    "aiosqlite"
+
+    # Checkpoint clients are lagging behind langgraph-checkpoint
+    "langgraph-checkpoint"
+  ];
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "langgraph.checkpoint.sqlite" ];