diff --git a/plugins/by-name/jupytext/default.nix b/plugins/by-name/jupytext/default.nix
index 4fcecb9a..de7e54f6 100644
--- a/plugins/by-name/jupytext/default.nix
+++ b/plugins/by-name/jupytext/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 {
   lib,
-  helpers,
   ...
 }:
 with lib;
@@ -62,22 +61,7 @@ lib.nixvim.plugins.mkNeovimPlugin {
     };
   };
 
-  extraOptions = {
-    python3Dependencies = mkOption {
-      type = with types; functionTo (listOf package);
-      default =
-        p: with p; [
-          jupytext
-        ];
-      defaultText = literalExpression ''
-        p: with p; [
-          jupytext
-        ]
-      '';
-      description = "Python packages to add to the `PYTHONPATH` of neovim.";
-    };
-  };
-
-  extraConfig = cfg: { extraPython3Packages = cfg.python3Dependencies; };
+  dependencies = [ "jupytext" ];
 
+  inherit (import ./deprecations.nix lib) imports;
 }
diff --git a/plugins/by-name/jupytext/deprecations.nix b/plugins/by-name/jupytext/deprecations.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..722296c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/by-name/jupytext/deprecations.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+lib: {
+  imports = [
+    # TODO: introduced 2025-10-25: remove after 26.05
+    (lib.mkRenamedOptionModule
+      [
+        "plugins"
+        "jupytext"
+        "python3Dependencies"
+      ]
+      [ "extraPython3Packages" ]
+    )
+  ];
+}