diff --git a/distros/ros2-overlay.nix b/distros/ros2-overlay.nix
index c3cd705895..79b6dd6e6a 100644
--- a/distros/ros2-overlay.nix
+++ b/distros/ros2-overlay.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 self:
 rosSelf: rosSuper: with rosSelf.lib; {
 
+  # TODO: remove once https://github.com/ros/rosdistro/pull/43895 is merged
+  python = rosSelf.python3;
+  pythonPackages = rosSelf.python.pkgs;
+
   ament-cmake-core = rosSuper.ament-cmake-core.overrideAttrs ({
     propagatedBuildInputs ? [],
     nativeBuildInputs ? [], ...