diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 0bc3d0109..10de35dae 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -70,8 +70,15 @@
       };
       kontrolOverlay = final: prev:
       let
+        kontrol-pyk-pyproject = final.callPackage ./nix/kontrol-pyk-pyproject {
+          inherit uv2nix;
+        };
         kontrol-pyk = final.callPackage ./nix/kontrol-pyk {
-          inherit pyproject-nix pyproject-build-systems uv2nix;
+          inherit pyproject-nix pyproject-build-systems kontrol-pyk-pyproject;
+          pyproject-overlays = [
+            (k-framework.overlays.pyk-pyproject system)
+            (kevm.overlays.pyk-pyproject system)
+          ];
           python = final."python${pythonVer}";
         };
         kontrol = final.callPackage ./nix/kontrol {
@@ -79,7 +86,7 @@
           rev = self.rev or null;
         };
       in {
-        inherit kontrol;
+        inherit kontrol kontrol-pyk-pyproject;
       };
       solcMkDefaultOverlay = final: prev: {
         solcMkDefault = solc.mkDefault;
@@ -148,13 +155,19 @@
         '';
       };
       packages = rec {
-        kontrol = pkgs.kontrol;
-        uv = pkgs.uv;
+        inherit (pkgs) kontrol uv kontrol-pyk kontrol-pyk-pyproject;
         default = kontrol;
       };
     }) // {
-      overlays.default = final: prev: {
-        inherit (self.packages.${final.system}) kontrol;
+      overlays = {
+        default = final: prev: {
+          inherit (self.packages.${final.system}) kontrol;
+        };
+        # this pyproject-nix overlay allows for overriding the python packages that are otherwise locked in `uv.lock`
+        # by using this overlay in dependant nix flakes, you ensure that nix overrides also override the python package     
+        pyk-pyproject = system: final: prev: {
+          inherit (self.packages.${system}.kontrol-pyk-pyproject.lockFileOverlay final prev) kontrol-pyk;
+        };
       };
     };
 }
diff --git a/nix/kontrol-pyk-pyproject/default.nix b/nix/kontrol-pyk-pyproject/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d5f6afaef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/kontrol-pyk-pyproject/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  callPackage,
+  nix-gitignore,
+  stdenvNoCC,
+
+  uv2nix,
+  solc_version ? null,
+}:
+let
+  # patches cannot yet be applied to uv workspaces, so we use a derivation containing the src instead
+  src = stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
+    name = "kontrol-pyk-src";
+    src = callPackage ../kontrol-source { };
+
+    dontConfigure = true;
+    dontBuild = true;
+
+    postPatch = ''
+      ${lib.strings.optionalString (solc_version != null) ''
+        substituteInPlace ./src/kontrol/foundry.py \
+          --replace "'forge', 'build'," "'forge', 'build', '--no-auto-detect',"
+      ''}
+    '';
+
+    installPhase = ''
+      mkdir -p $out
+      cp -r . $out/
+    '';
+  };
+
+  # load a uv workspace from a workspace root
+  workspace = uv2nix.lib.workspace.loadWorkspace {
+    workspaceRoot = "${src}";
+  };
+
+  # create overlay
+  lockFileOverlay = workspace.mkPyprojectOverlay {
+    # prefer "wheel" over "sdist" due to maintenance 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/kontrol-pyk/default.nix b/nix/kontrol-pyk/default.nix
index 23f48a60a..4fa568417 100644
--- a/nix/kontrol-pyk/default.nix
+++ b/nix/kontrol-pyk/default.nix
@@ -1,65 +1,33 @@
 {
   lib,
   callPackage,
-  stdenvNoCC,
 
   pyproject-nix,
   pyproject-build-systems,
-  uv2nix,
+  kontrol-pyk-pyproject,
+  pyproject-overlays ? [ ],
 
-  python,
-  solc_version ? null
+  python
 }:
 let
+  inherit (kontrol-pyk-pyproject) lockFileOverlay workspace;
+
   pyproject-util = callPackage pyproject-nix.build.util {};
   pyproject-packages = callPackage pyproject-nix.build.packages {
     inherit python;
   };
 
-  # patches cannot yet be applied to uv workspaces, so we use a derivation containing the src instead
-  src = stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
-    name = "kontrol-pyk-src";
-    src = callPackage ../kontrol-source { };
-
-    dontConfigure = true;
-    dontBuild = true;
-
-    postPatch = ''
-      ${lib.strings.optionalString (solc_version != null) ''
-        substituteInPlace ./src/kontrol/foundry.py \
-          --replace "'forge', 'build'," "'forge', 'build', '--no-auto-detect',"
-      ''}
-    '';
-
-    installPhase = ''
-      mkdir -p $out
-      cp -r . $out/
-    '';
-  };
-
-  # load a uv workspace from a workspace root
-  workspace = uv2nix.lib.workspace.loadWorkspace {
-    workspaceRoot = "${src}";
-  };
-
-  # 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 "kontrol-pyk-env" workspace.deps.default;
diff --git a/nix/kontrol/default.nix b/nix/kontrol/default.nix
index fa29a3de9..edd2cdc29 100644
--- a/nix/kontrol/default.nix
+++ b/nix/kontrol/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@
   rev ? null
 } @ args:
 let
-  kontrol-pyk-solc = kontrol-pyk.override { inherit solc_version; };
+  kontrol-pyk-solc = kontrol-pyk.override ( oldArgs: {
+    kontrol-pyk-pyproject = oldArgs.kontrol-pyk-pyproject.override { inherit solc_version; };
+  });
   nixLibs = "-I${openssl.dev}/include -L${openssl.out}/lib -I${secp256k1}/include -L${secp256k1}/lib";
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
@@ -86,8 +88,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   passthru = if solc_version == null then {
     # list all supported solc versions here
-    solc_0_8_13 = callPackage ./default.nix (args // { solc_version = solc_0_8_13; });
-    solc_0_8_15 = callPackage ./default.nix (args // { solc_version = solc_0_8_15; });
-    solc_0_8_22 = callPackage ./default.nix (args // { solc_version = solc_0_8_22; });
+    solc_0_8_13 = callPackage ./default.nix (args // {
+      solc_version = solc_0_8_13;
+    });
+    solc_0_8_15 = callPackage ./default.nix (args // {
+      solc_version = solc_0_8_15;
+    });
+    solc_0_8_22 = callPackage ./default.nix (args // {
+      solc_version = solc_0_8_22;
+    });
   } else { };
 }
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