diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ap/apostrophe/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ap/apostrophe/package.nix
index 9321570e2583..195e72ef6857 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ap/apostrophe/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ap/apostrophe/package.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   gtksourceview5,
   libspelling,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  python3Packages,
+  python312Packages,
   nodePackages,
   meson,
   ninja,
@@ -40,7 +40,10 @@ let
     hash = "sha256-L6KVBw20K67lHT07Ws+ZC2DwdURahqyuyjAaK0kTgN0=";
   };
 in
-python3Packages.buildPythonApplication {
+
+# Requires telnetlib, and possibly others
+# Try to remove in subsequent updates
+python312Packages.buildPythonApplication {
   inherit version src;
   pname = "apostrophe";
   pyproject = false;
@@ -80,7 +83,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication {
     webkitgtk_6_0
   ];
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = with python3Packages; [
+  dependencies = with python312Packages; [
     pygobject3
     pypandoc
     chardet