diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/debugpy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/debugpy/default.nix
index ca7e2d920107..97b06c130e22 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/debugpy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/debugpy/default.nix
@@ -80,6 +80,15 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     requests
   ];
 
+  preCheck = lib.optionalString (stdenv.isDarwin && stdenv.isAarch64) ''
+    # https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/74570#issuecomment-1093748531
+    export no_proxy='*';
+  '';
+
+  postCheck = lib.optionalString (stdenv.isDarwin && stdenv.isAarch64) ''
+    unset no_proxy
+  '';
+
   # Override default arguments in pytest.ini
   pytestFlagsArray = [
     "--timeout=0"