diff --git a/misc/requirements/requirements-pyqt-6.7.txt b/misc/requirements/requirements-pyqt-6.7.txt
index b33f919ee..3d5203985 100644
--- a/misc/requirements/requirements-pyqt-6.7.txt
+++ b/misc/requirements/requirements-pyqt-6.7.txt
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ PyQt6-Qt6==6.7.0
 PyQt6-sip==13.6.0
 PyQt6-WebEngine==6.7.0
 PyQt6-WebEngine-Qt6==6.7.0
+--extra-index-url https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/pypi/simple/
diff --git a/misc/requirements/requirements-pyqt-6.7.txt-raw b/misc/requirements/requirements-pyqt-6.7.txt-raw
index 98b1340b2..7df2d49c6 100644
--- a/misc/requirements/requirements-pyqt-6.7.txt-raw
+++ b/misc/requirements/requirements-pyqt-6.7.txt-raw
@@ -2,3 +2,6 @@ PyQt6 >= 6.7, < 6.8
 PyQt6-Qt6 >= 6.7, < 6.8
 PyQt6-WebEngine >= 6.7, < 6.8
 PyQt6-WebEngine-Qt6 >= 6.7, < 6.8
+
+# WORKAROUND for https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/pipermail/pyqt/2024-April/045832.html
+#@ add: --extra-index-url https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/pypi/simple/
diff --git a/misc/requirements/requirements-pyqt-6.txt b/misc/requirements/requirements-pyqt-6.txt
index b33f919ee..3d5203985 100644
--- a/misc/requirements/requirements-pyqt-6.txt
+++ b/misc/requirements/requirements-pyqt-6.txt
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ PyQt6-Qt6==6.7.0
 PyQt6-sip==13.6.0
 PyQt6-WebEngine==6.7.0
 PyQt6-WebEngine-Qt6==6.7.0
+--extra-index-url https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/pypi/simple/
diff --git a/misc/requirements/requirements-pyqt-6.txt-raw b/misc/requirements/requirements-pyqt-6.txt-raw
index 68a5db685..16cc342cd 100644
--- a/misc/requirements/requirements-pyqt-6.txt-raw
+++ b/misc/requirements/requirements-pyqt-6.txt-raw
@@ -2,3 +2,6 @@ PyQt6
 PyQt6-Qt6
 PyQt6-WebEngine
 PyQt6-WebEngine-Qt6
+
+# WORKAROUND for https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/pipermail/pyqt/2024-April/045832.html
+#@ add: --extra-index-url https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/pypi/simple/
diff --git a/misc/requirements/requirements-pyqt.txt b/misc/requirements/requirements-pyqt.txt
index b33f919ee..3d5203985 100644
--- a/misc/requirements/requirements-pyqt.txt
+++ b/misc/requirements/requirements-pyqt.txt
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ PyQt6-Qt6==6.7.0
 PyQt6-sip==13.6.0
 PyQt6-WebEngine==6.7.0
 PyQt6-WebEngine-Qt6==6.7.0
+--extra-index-url https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/pypi/simple/
diff --git a/misc/requirements/requirements-pyqt.txt-raw b/misc/requirements/requirements-pyqt.txt-raw
index 68a5db685..16cc342cd 100644
--- a/misc/requirements/requirements-pyqt.txt-raw
+++ b/misc/requirements/requirements-pyqt.txt-raw
@@ -2,3 +2,6 @@ PyQt6
 PyQt6-Qt6
 PyQt6-WebEngine
 PyQt6-WebEngine-Qt6
+
+# WORKAROUND for https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/pipermail/pyqt/2024-April/045832.html
+#@ add: --extra-index-url https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/pypi/simple/
diff --git a/scripts/dev/misc_checks.py b/scripts/dev/misc_checks.py
index 7b6404cf6..f10dc77bf 100644
--- a/scripts/dev/misc_checks.py
+++ b/scripts/dev/misc_checks.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ def check_changelog_urls(_args: argparse.Namespace = None) -> bool:
         with open(outfile, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
             for line in f:
                 line = line.strip()
-                if line.startswith('#') or not line:
+                if line.startswith(('#', '--')) or not line:
                     continue
                 req, _version = recompile_requirements.parse_versioned_line(line)
                 if req.startswith('./'):