diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/clarifai-grpc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/clarifai-grpc/default.nix
index 9751552d04c2..39c789f822be 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/clarifai-grpc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/clarifai-grpc/default.nix
@@ -33,16 +33,20 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     requests
   ];
 
+  pythonRelaxDeps = [
+    "grpcio"
+  ];
+
   # almost all tests require network access
   doCheck = false;
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "clarifai_grpc" ];
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  meta = {
     description = "Clarifai gRPC API Client";
     homepage = "https://github.com/Clarifai/clarifai-python-grpc";
     changelog = "https://github.com/Clarifai/clarifai-python-grpc/releases/tag/${version}";
-    license = licenses.asl20;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ natsukium ];
+    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ natsukium ];
   };
 }