diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/textnets/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/textnets/default.nix
index f0dd9ab9a650..2ba5ff701919 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/textnets/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/textnets/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
 , cairocffi
-, cython
+, cython_3
 , fetchPypi
 , igraph
 , leidenalg
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 , poetry-core
 , pytestCheckHook
 , pythonOlder
+, pythonRelaxDepsHook
 , scipy
 , setuptools
 , spacy
@@ -21,22 +22,25 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "textnets";
-  version = "0.9.3";
+  version = "0.9.4";
   format = "pyproject";
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.8";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    hash = "sha256-fx2S43IqpSMsfJow26jB/D27dyUFQ1PlXP1rbUIZPPQ=";
+    hash = "sha256-4154ytzo1QpwhKA1BkVMss9fNIkysnClW/yfSVlX33M=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
-    cython
+    pythonRelaxDepsHook
+    cython_3
     poetry-core
     setuptools
   ];
 
+  pythonRelaxDeps = [ "igraph" "leidenalg" ];
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     cairocffi
     igraph
@@ -59,10 +63,14 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     "textnets"
   ];
 
+  # Enables the package to find the cythonized .so files during testing. See #255262
+  preCheck = ''
+    rm -r textnets
+  '';
+
   disabledTests = [
-    # Test fails: A warning is triggered because of a deprecation notice by pandas.
-    # TODO: Try to re-enable it when pandas is updated to 2.1.1
-    "test_corpus_czech"
+    # Test fails: Throws a UserWarning asking the user to install `textnets[fca]`.
+    "test_context"
   ];
 
   meta = with lib; {