diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/piston-cli/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/piston-cli/default.nix
index 7e42ff8c81ab..8c78f3f7b30b 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/piston-cli/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/piston-cli/default.nix
@@ -18,13 +18,14 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = with python3Packages; [
     poetry-core
+    pythonRelaxDepsHook
   ];
 
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
-      --replace 'rich = "^10.1.0"' 'rich = "*"' \
-      --replace 'PyYAML = "^5.4.1"' 'PyYAML = "*"'
-  '';
+  pythonRelaxDeps = [
+    "rich"
+    "more-itertools"
+    "PyYAML"
+  ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     broken = stdenv.isDarwin;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index fe4835e3267d..3ecd3c1373b1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -34177,7 +34177,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   pistol = callPackage ../tools/misc/pistol { };
 
-  piston-cli = callPackage ../tools/misc/piston-cli { python3Packages = python39Packages; };
+  piston-cli = callPackage ../tools/misc/piston-cli { };
 
   pizarra = callPackage ../applications/graphics/pizarra { };