diff --git a/dev-python/glyphsets/files/glyphsets-0.5.0-remove-setuptools_scm.constraint.patch b/dev-python/glyphsets/files/glyphsets-0.5.0-remove-setuptools_scm.constraint.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8155756ebd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/glyphsets/files/glyphsets-0.5.0-remove-setuptools_scm.constraint.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+From 334f83007cb24f076d59ee97d9d1c489d0e18437 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Alessandro Barbieri <lssndrbarbieri@gmail.com>
+Date: Tue, 31 May 2022 10:35:47 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] remove constraint on setuptools_scm
+
+--- a/setup.py
++++ b/setup.py
+@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
+         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3'
+     ],
+     python_requires=">=3.7",
+-    setup_requires=['setuptools_scm>=4,<6.1'],
++    setup_requires=['setuptools_scm>=4'],
+     install_requires=[
+         'setuptools',
+         'FontTools[ufo]',
diff --git a/dev-python/glyphsets/glyphsets-0.5.0.ebuild b/dev-python/glyphsets/glyphsets-0.5.0.ebuild
index 83d1467e6c..a0f0924f23 100644
--- a/dev-python/glyphsets/glyphsets-0.5.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/glyphsets/glyphsets-0.5.0.ebuild
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ DEPEND="
 	>=dev-python/setuptools_scm-4[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 "
 
+PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}/${P}-remove-setuptools_scm.constraint.patch" )
+
 python_prepare_all() {
 	export SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION="${PV}"
 	distutils-r1_python_prepare_all