diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index a29923f08c..e1ea1e83f9 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -70,8 +70,14 @@
       kevmOverlay = final: prev:
       let
         python = final."python${pythonVer}";
+        kevm-pyk-pyproject = final.callPackage ./nix/kevm-pyk-pyproject {
+          inherit uv2nix;
+        };
         kevm-pyk = final.callPackage ./nix/kevm-pyk {
-          inherit pyproject-nix pyproject-build-systems uv2nix python;
+          inherit pyproject-nix pyproject-build-systems kevm-pyk-pyproject python;
+          pyproject-overlays = [
+            (k-framework.overlays.pyk-pyproject system)
+          ];
         };
         kevm = final.callPackage ./nix/kevm {
           inherit kevm-pyk python;
@@ -80,7 +86,7 @@
         kevm-test = final.callPackage ./nix/kevm/test.nix { };
         kevm-profile = final.callPackage ./package/nix/profile.nix { };
       in {
-        inherit kevm kevm-test kevm-profile;
+        inherit kevm kevm-test kevm-profile kevm-pyk-pyproject;
       };
       pkgs = import nixpkgs {
         inherit system;
@@ -146,7 +152,7 @@
       };
 
       packages = rec {
-        inherit (pkgs) kevm-pyk kevm kevm-test;
+        inherit (pkgs) kevm-pyk kevm kevm-test kevm-pyk-pyproject;
         default = kevm;
         profile = pkgs.kevm-profile;
 
@@ -160,8 +166,15 @@
           };
       };
     }) // {
-      overlays.default = final: prev: {
-        inherit (self.packages.${final.system}) kevm;
+      overlays = {
+        default = final: prev: {
+          inherit (self.packages.${final.system}) kevm;
+        };
+        # this pyproject-nix overlay allows for overriding the python packages that are otherwise locked in `uv.lock`
+        # by using this overlay in dependant nix flakes, you ensure that nix overrides also override the python package     
+        pyk-pyproject = system: final: prev: {
+          inherit (self.packages.${system}.kevm-pyk-pyproject.lockFileOverlay final prev) kevm-pyk;
+        };
       };
     };
 }
diff --git a/nix/kevm-pyk-pyproject/default.nix b/nix/kevm-pyk-pyproject/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..60fcf8b169
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/kevm-pyk-pyproject/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  callPackage,
+
+  uv2nix,
+}:
+let
+  src = callPackage ../kevm-source { };
+
+  # load a uv workspace from a workspace root
+  workspace = uv2nix.lib.workspace.loadWorkspace {
+    workspaceRoot = "${src}/kevm-pyk";
+  };
+
+  # create overlay
+  lockFileOverlay = workspace.mkPyprojectOverlay {
+    # prefer "wheel" over "sdist" due to maintance overhead
+    # there is no bundled set of overlays for "sdist" in uv2nix, in contrast to poetry2nix
+    sourcePreference = "wheel";
+  };
+in {
+  inherit lockFileOverlay workspace;
+}
diff --git a/nix/kevm-pyk/default.nix b/nix/kevm-pyk/default.nix
index 4a2c704fd8..71f469936a 100644
--- a/nix/kevm-pyk/default.nix
+++ b/nix/kevm-pyk/default.nix
@@ -1,47 +1,33 @@
 {
   lib,
   callPackage,
-  stdenvNoCC,
-
-  blockchain-k-plugin-src,
 
   pyproject-nix,
   pyproject-build-systems,
-  uv2nix,
+  kevm-pyk-pyproject,
+  pyproject-overlays ? [ ],
 
   python
 }:
 let
+  inherit (kevm-pyk-pyproject) lockFileOverlay workspace;
+
   pyproject-util = callPackage pyproject-nix.build.util {};
   pyproject-packages = callPackage pyproject-nix.build.packages {
     inherit python;
   };
 
-  src = callPackage ../kevm-source { };
-
-  # load a uv workspace from a workspace root
-  workspace = uv2nix.lib.workspace.loadWorkspace {
-    workspaceRoot = "${src}/kevm-pyk";
-  };
-
-  # create overlay
-  lockFileOverlay = workspace.mkPyprojectOverlay {
-    # prefer "wheel" over "sdist" due to maintance overhead
-    # there is no bundled set of overlays for "sdist" in uv2nix, in contrast to poetry2nix
-    sourcePreference = "wheel";
-  };
-
   buildSystemsOverlay = import ./build-systems-overlay.nix;
 
   # construct package set
-  pythonSet = pyproject-packages.overrideScope (lib.composeManyExtensions [
+  pythonSet = pyproject-packages.overrideScope (lib.composeManyExtensions ([
     # make build tools available by default as these are not necessarily specified in python lock files
     pyproject-build-systems.overlays.default
     # include all packages from the python lock file
     lockFileOverlay
     # add build system overrides to certain python packages
     buildSystemsOverlay
-  ]);
+  ] ++ pyproject-overlays));
 in pyproject-util.mkApplication {
   # default dependancy group enables no optional dependencies and no dependency-groups
   venv = pythonSet.mkVirtualEnv "kevm-pyk-env" workspace.deps.default;