diff --git a/dev-python/axisregistry/axisregistry-0.2.0.ebuild b/dev-python/axisregistry/axisregistry-0.2.0.ebuild
index bec7cc8faf..39fdb1de24 100644
--- a/dev-python/axisregistry/axisregistry-0.2.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/axisregistry/axisregistry-0.2.0.ebuild
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ DEPEND="
 	>=dev-python/setuptools_scm-4[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 "
 
+PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}/${P}-remove-setuptools_scm-constraint.patch" )
+
 distutils_enable_tests pytest
 
 python_prepare_all() {
diff --git a/dev-python/axisregistry/files/axisregistry-0.2.0-remove-setuptools_scm-constraint.patch b/dev-python/axisregistry/files/axisregistry-0.2.0-remove-setuptools_scm-constraint.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..630f539832
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/axisregistry/files/axisregistry-0.2.0-remove-setuptools_scm-constraint.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/setup.py
++++ b/setup.py
+@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
+         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3'
+     ],
+     python_requires=">=3.7",
+-    setup_requires=['setuptools_scm>=4,<6.1'],
++    setup_requires=['setuptools_scm>=4'],
+     install_requires=[
+         'protobuf'
+     ]