diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/no/noto-fonts-color-emoji/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/no/noto-fonts-color-emoji/package.nix
index 37f56db62df1..c365f2db1904 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/no/noto-fonts-color-emoji/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/no/noto-fonts-color-emoji/package.nix
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
     sed -i 's;\t@;\t;' Makefile
   '';
 
+  buildFlags = [ "BYPASS_SEQUENCE_CHECK=True" ];
+
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   installPhase = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/afdko/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/afdko/default.nix
index 98e3ee4a9522..a0b9efec09c1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/afdko/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/afdko/default.nix
@@ -109,7 +109,13 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   '';
 
   disabledTests =
-    lib.optionals (!runAllTests) [
+    [
+      # broke in the fontforge 4.51 -> 4.53 update
+      "test_glyphs_2_7"
+      "test_hinting_data"
+      "test_waterfallplot"
+    ]
+    ++ lib.optionals (!runAllTests) [
       # Disable slow tests, reduces test time ~25 %
       "test_report"
       "test_post_overflow"
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/release-python.nix b/pkgs/top-level/release-python.nix
index bb4ead25066d..40a42dd49978 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/release-python.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/release-python.nix
@@ -45,11 +45,12 @@ let
       constituents = [
         jobs.nixos-render-docs.x86_64-linux              # Used in nixos manual
         jobs.remarshal.x86_64-linux                      # Used in pkgs.formats helper
-        jobs.python311Packages.buildcatrust.x86_64-linux # Used in pkgs.cacert
-        jobs.python311Packages.colorama.x86_64-linux     # Used in nixos test-driver
-        jobs.python311Packages.ptpython.x86_64-linux     # Used in nixos test-driver
-        jobs.python311Packages.requests.x86_64-linux     # Almost ubiquous package
-        jobs.python311Packages.sphinx.x86_64-linux       # Document creation for many packages
+        jobs.python312Packages.afdko.x86_64-linux        # Used in noto-fonts-color-emoji
+        jobs.python312Packages.buildcatrust.x86_64-linux # Used in pkgs.cacert
+        jobs.python312Packages.colorama.x86_64-linux     # Used in nixos test-driver
+        jobs.python312Packages.ptpython.x86_64-linux     # Used in nixos test-driver
+        jobs.python312Packages.requests.x86_64-linux     # Almost ubiquous package
+        jobs.python312Packages.sphinx.x86_64-linux       # Document creation for many packages
       ];
     };