diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/protobuf/3.17.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/protobuf/3.17.nix
index d869b9ce76e..36198b5d337 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/protobuf/3.17.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/protobuf/3.17.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-{ callPackage, ... }:
+{ callPackage, ... } @ args:
 
-callPackage ./generic-v3.nix {
+callPackage ./generic-v3.nix ({
   version = "3.17.3";
   sha256 = "08644kaxhpjs38q5q4fp01yr0wakg1ijha4g3lzp2ifg7y3c465d";
-}
+} // args)
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/protobuf/3.19.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/protobuf/3.19.nix
index c62e4d46ce8..7ee378d8ed3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/protobuf/3.19.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/protobuf/3.19.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-{ callPackage, ... }:
+{ callPackage, ... } @ args:
 
-callPackage ./generic-v3.nix {
+callPackage ./generic-v3.nix ({
   version = "3.19.6";
   sha256 = "sha256-+ul9F8tyrwk2p25Dd9ragqwpYzdxdeGjpXhLAwKYWfM=";
-}
+} // args)
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/protobuf/3.20.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/protobuf/3.20.nix
index 818e65639e5..bae3550f8f0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/protobuf/3.20.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/protobuf/3.20.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-{ callPackage, abseil-cpp, ... }:
+{ callPackage, ... } @ args:
 
-callPackage ./generic-v3.nix {
+callPackage ./generic-v3.nix ({
   version = "3.20.3";
   sha256 = "sha256-u/1Yb8+mnDzc3OwirpGESuhjkuKPgqDAvlgo3uuzbbk=";
-}
+} // args)
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/protobuf/3.21.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/protobuf/3.21.nix
index 6ba9ca31aba..1892ac2ea0e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/protobuf/3.21.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/protobuf/3.21.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-{ callPackage, abseil-cpp, ... }:
+{ callPackage, ... } @ args:
 
-callPackage ./generic-v3-cmake.nix {
+callPackage ./generic-v3-cmake.nix ({
   version = "3.21.8";
   sha256 = "sha256-cSNHX18CvMmydpYWqfe6WWk9rGxIlFfY/85rfSyznU4=";
-}
+} // args)
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/protobuf/3.8.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/protobuf/3.8.nix
index 2ea03643b3a..fe5ad4b4e02 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/protobuf/3.8.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/protobuf/3.8.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-{ callPackage, ... }:
+{ callPackage, ... } @ args:
 
-callPackage ./generic-v3.nix {
+callPackage ./generic-v3.nix ({
   version = "3.8.0";
   sha256 = "0vll02a6k46k720wfh25sl4hdai0130s3ix2l1wh6j1lm9pi7bm8";
-}
+} // args)