diff --git a/python/sdist/amici/importers/sbml/__init__.py b/python/sdist/amici/importers/sbml/__init__.py
index ffc4fe45b0..199deefc00 100644
--- a/python/sdist/amici/importers/sbml/__init__.py
+++ b/python/sdist/amici/importers/sbml/__init__.py
@@ -64,7 +64,11 @@
     toposort_symbols,
 )
 from amici.logging import get_logger, log_execution_time, set_log_level
-from amici.sympy_utils import smart_is_zero_matrix, smart_multiply
+from amici.sympy_utils import (
+    _monkeypatch_sympy,
+    smart_is_zero_matrix,
+    smart_multiply,
+)
 
 SymbolicFormula = dict[sp.Symbol, sp.Expr]
 
@@ -537,6 +541,7 @@ def sbml2jax(
         )
         exporter.generate_model_code()
 
+    @_monkeypatch_sympy
     def _build_ode_model(
         self,
         fixed_parameters: Iterable[str] = None,
diff --git a/python/sdist/amici/jax/ode_export.py b/python/sdist/amici/jax/ode_export.py
index ebf0d164b7..d855372b23 100644
--- a/python/sdist/amici/jax/ode_export.py
+++ b/python/sdist/amici/jax/ode_export.py
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@
 from amici.jax.nn import generate_equinox
 from amici.logging import get_logger, log_execution_time, set_log_level
 from amici.sympy_utils import (
-    _custom_pow_eval_derivative,
-    _monkeypatched,
+    _monkeypatch_sympy,
 )
 
 #: python log manager
@@ -168,17 +167,15 @@ def __init__(
 
         self._code_printer = AmiciJaxCodePrinter()
 
+    @_monkeypatch_sympy
     @log_execution_time("generating jax code", logger)
     def generate_model_code(self) -> None:
         """
         Generates the jax code for the loaded model
         """
-        with _monkeypatched(
-            sp.Pow, "_eval_derivative", _custom_pow_eval_derivative
-        ):
-            self._prepare_model_folder()
-            self._generate_jax_code()
-            self._generate_nn_code()
+        self._prepare_model_folder()
+        self._generate_jax_code()
+        self._generate_nn_code()
 
     def _prepare_model_folder(self) -> None:
         """
diff --git a/python/sdist/amici/sympy_utils.py b/python/sdist/amici/sympy_utils.py
index 0f241090ff..bd3eecc4ac 100644
--- a/python/sdist/amici/sympy_utils.py
+++ b/python/sdist/amici/sympy_utils.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import logging
 import os
 from collections.abc import Callable
+from functools import wraps
 from itertools import starmap
 from typing import Any
 
@@ -62,6 +63,21 @@ def _monkeypatched(obj: object, name: str, patch: Any):
         setattr(obj, name, pre_patched_value)
 
 
+def _monkeypatch_sympy(func):
+    """
+    Decorator that temporarily monkeypatches sympy.Pow._eval_derivative.
+    """
+
+    @wraps(func)
+    def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
+        with _monkeypatched(
+            sp.Pow, "_eval_derivative", _custom_pow_eval_derivative
+        ):
+            return func(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    return wrapper
+
+
 @log_execution_time("running smart_jacobian", logger)
 def smart_jacobian(
     eq: sp.MutableDenseMatrix, sym_var: sp.MutableDenseMatrix