diff --git a/overrides/default.nix b/overrides/default.nix
index d413cc5..c301e67 100644
--- a/overrides/default.nix
+++ b/overrides/default.nix
@@ -2448,64 +2448,75 @@ lib.composeManyExtensions [
           }
         );
 
-      pyqt6 = super.pyqt6.overridePythonAttrs (old:
+      pyqt6 =
         let
-          confirm-license = pkgs.writeText "confirm-license.patch" ''
-            diff --git a/project.py b/project.py
-            --- a/project.py
-            +++ b/project.py
-            @@ -163,8 +163,7 @@
+          # The build from source fails unless the pyqt6 version agrees
+          # with the version of qt6 from nixpkgs. Thus, we prefer using
+          # the wheel here.
+          pyqt6-wheel = super.pyqt6.override { preferWheel = true; };
+          pyqt6 = pyqt6-wheel.overridePythonAttrs (old:
+            let
+              confirm-license = pkgs.writeText "confirm-license.patch" ''
+                diff --git a/project.py b/project.py
+                --- a/project.py
+                +++ b/project.py
+                @@ -163,8 +163,7 @@
 
-                     # Automatically confirm the license if there might not be a command
-                     # line option to do so.
-            -        if tool == 'pep517':
-            -            self.confirm_license = True
-            +        self.confirm_license = True
+                         # Automatically confirm the license if there might not be a command
+                         # line option to do so.
+                -        if tool == 'pep517':
+                -            self.confirm_license = True
+                +        self.confirm_license = True
 
-                     self._check_license()
+                         self._check_license()
 
 
-          '';
+              '';
+              isWheel = old.src.isWheel or false;
+            in
+            {
+              propagatedBuildInputs = old.propagatedBuildInputs ++ [
+                self.dbus-python
+              ];
+              nativeBuildInputs = old.nativeBuildInputs ++ [
+                pkgs.pkg-config
+                self.pyqt6-sip
+                self.sip
+                self.pyqt-builder
+                pkgs.xorg.lndir
+                pkgs.qt6.qmake
+              ] ++ lib.optionals isWheel [
+                pkgs.qt6.full # building from source doesn't properly pick up libraries from pyqt6-qt6
+              ];
+              patches = lib.optionals (!isWheel) [
+                confirm-license
+              ];
+              env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-fpermissive";
+              # be more verbose
+              postPatch = ''
+                cat >> pyproject.toml <<EOF
+                [tool.sip.project]
+                verbose = true
+                EOF
+              '';
+              dontWrapQtApps = true;
+              dontConfigure = true;
+              enableParallelBuilding = true;
+              # HACK: paralellize compilation of make calls within pyqt's setup.py
+              # pkgs/stdenv/generic/setup.sh doesn't set this for us because
+              # make gets called by python code and not its build phase
+              # format=pyproject means the pip-build-hook hook gets used to build this project
+              # pkgs/development/interpreters/python/hooks/pip-build-hook.sh
+              # does not use the enableParallelBuilding flag
+              postUnpack = ''
+                export MAKEFLAGS+="''${enableParallelBuilding:+-j$NIX_BUILD_CORES}"
+              '';
+              preFixup = ''
+                addAutoPatchelfSearchPath ${self.pyqt6-qt6}/${self.python.sitePackages}/PyQt6
+              '';
+            });
         in
-
-        {
-          propagatedBuildInputs = old.propagatedBuildInputs ++ [
-            self.dbus-python
-            "${self.pyqt6-qt6}/${self.python.sitePackages}/PyQt6/Qt6"
-          ];
-          QMAKE_LIBS = "-L${self.pyqt6-qt6}/${self.python.sitePackages}/PyQt6/Qt6/lib";
-          nativeBuildInputs = old.nativeBuildInputs ++ [
-            pkgs.pkg-config
-            self.pyqt6-sip
-            self.sip
-            self.pyqt-builder
-            pkgs.xorg.lndir
-            pkgs.qt6.qmake
-          ];
-          patches = lib.optionals (!(old.src.isWheel or false)) [
-            confirm-license
-          ];
-          env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-fpermissive";
-          # be more verbose
-          postPatch = ''
-            cat >> pyproject.toml <<EOF
-            [tool.sip.project]
-            verbose = true
-            EOF
-          '';
-          dontWrapQtApps = true;
-          dontConfigure = true;
-          enableParallelBuilding = true;
-          # HACK: paralellize compilation of make calls within pyqt's setup.py
-          # pkgs/stdenv/generic/setup.sh doesn't set this for us because
-          # make gets called by python code and not its build phase
-          # format=pyproject means the pip-build-hook hook gets used to build this project
-          # pkgs/development/interpreters/python/hooks/pip-build-hook.sh
-          # does not use the enableParallelBuilding flag
-          postUnpack = ''
-            export MAKEFLAGS+="''${enableParallelBuilding:+-j$NIX_BUILD_CORES}"
-          '';
-        });
+        pyqt6;
 
       pyqt6-qt6 = super.pyqt6-qt6.overridePythonAttrs (old: {
         autoPatchelfIgnoreMissingDeps = [ "libmysqlclient.so.21" "libQt6*" ];
diff --git a/tests/pyqt6/default.nix b/tests/pyqt6/default.nix
index afe48a3..fed9d46 100644
--- a/tests/pyqt6/default.nix
+++ b/tests/pyqt6/default.nix
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ poetry2nix.mkPoetryApplication {
   pyproject = ./pyproject.toml;
   poetrylock = ./poetry.lock;
   src = lib.cleanSource ./.;
+  preferWheels = true;
 }
diff --git a/tests/pyqt6/poetry.lock b/tests/pyqt6/poetry.lock
index e3d16fe..0d380ae 100644
--- a/tests/pyqt6/poetry.lock
+++ b/tests/pyqt6/poetry.lock
@@ -2,32 +2,32 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pyqt6"
-version = "6.5.3"
+version = "6.5.2"
 description = "Python bindings for the Qt cross platform application toolkit"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.6.1"
 files = [
-    {file = "PyQt6-6.5.3-cp37-abi3-macosx_10_14_universal2.whl", hash = "sha256:b5db186a6393a53874e9d54b12e63c553c9f09f3a8b77206b64334f17dcaf606"},
-    {file = "PyQt6-6.5.3-cp37-abi3-manylinux_2_28_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:9af11aa65afd39b41712a0cf3822f2642e6f9756ebcbcf85b6e438fd9ee4d286"},
-    {file = "PyQt6-6.5.3-cp37-abi3-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:f95e9d415b8695d3c70c9d09b05198c163ed86c2986f5037ce4ce097d9e4f33d"},
-    {file = "PyQt6-6.5.3.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:bcbbf9511b038b4924298ca10999aa36eb37a0a38d0638f895f9bba6025c0a77"},
+    {file = "PyQt6-6.5.2-cp37-abi3-macosx_10_14_universal2.whl", hash = "sha256:5bad1437eb0c1ae801103b32ef04ef62ef1cce505b448525f60089ce36329b89"},
+    {file = "PyQt6-6.5.2-cp37-abi3-manylinux_2_28_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:70468cca4537756c714a57fa1baa5beabb9b38775f52f9611f49870705672c55"},
+    {file = "PyQt6-6.5.2-cp37-abi3-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:ff1d12767b578f0f0e87cdb12198e7dcad9a176c40d1d1d799984181b0af93cb"},
+    {file = "PyQt6-6.5.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:1487ee7350f9ffb66d60ab4176519252c2b371762cbe8f8340fd951f63801280"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
 PyQt6-Qt6 = ">=6.5.0"
-PyQt6-sip = ">=13.6,<14"
+PyQt6-sip = ">=13.4,<14"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pyqt6-qt6"
-version = "6.5.3"
+version = "6.5.2"
 description = "The subset of a Qt installation needed by PyQt6."
 optional = false
 python-versions = "*"
 files = [
-    {file = "PyQt6_Qt6-6.5.3-py3-none-macosx_10_14_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:1880abc137f427fbb944d647d542dfa69e83bce8961df5357647e9d1764c51e8"},
-    {file = "PyQt6_Qt6-6.5.3-py3-none-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl", hash = "sha256:04d7d5e4b8789b4c8d19cf7ca4b8439dad2a19d25775b7051cf1dfd9f498ef24"},
-    {file = "PyQt6_Qt6-6.5.3-py3-none-manylinux_2_28_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:5bbfd6c44b3ab2e702bc761ed31351e96c92c6b85c09924dc6197b48b420a1e5"},
-    {file = "PyQt6_Qt6-6.5.3-py3-none-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:848311989e35bb8803d1a2a5a44e491ed5b4ef290314ff66d44c26a80cf9d24a"},
+    {file = "PyQt6_Qt6-6.5.2-py3-none-macosx_10_14_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:4b37f6f93c0980469ccc570998d3e3de243028bae7389fb6330443ab215ce2f6"},
+    {file = "PyQt6_Qt6-6.5.2-py3-none-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl", hash = "sha256:8dad61b4666d91882d7e1c4d619c71e7429c13e19182f8b3bebf3ecf95107d4c"},
+    {file = "PyQt6_Qt6-6.5.2-py3-none-manylinux_2_28_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:953f3c0e99e486081a6d438b32fbc240da97457226562eb68cf1b11c516386fd"},
+    {file = "PyQt6_Qt6-6.5.2-py3-none-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:5a3c7bb899678bf801136b31cd589ed4d0d54ab32be5fb76c2bdeb161a9662ad"},
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -63,4 +63,4 @@ files = [
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = ">=3.10,<3.13"
-content-hash = "ebf26c122bde3a8f164f328d3e7764b04067348c38ab09f9559fad26e0664509"
+content-hash = "120ade5ca8f17d67dc96c35ff92598da923f9c0a0dac7319e40b073d166b9cf5"
diff --git a/tests/pyqt6/pyproject.toml b/tests/pyqt6/pyproject.toml
index cf01c09..ce9715a 100644
--- a/tests/pyqt6/pyproject.toml
+++ b/tests/pyqt6/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ authors = ["considerate <viktor.kronvall@gmail.com>"]
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = ">=3.10,<3.13"
-pyqt6 = "6.5.3"
-pyqt6-qt6 = "6.5.3"
+pyqt6 = "6.5.2"
+pyqt6-qt6 = "6.5.2"
 
 [tool.poetry.dev-dependencies]