diff --git a/dev-python/sortedcollections/files/python-update.patch b/dev-python/sortedcollections/files/python-update.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c186f7643c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/sortedcollections/files/python-update.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+From 06e867edeeb1a3708bc2aa804c3f7f79e3cdcf77 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: bakedsnake <bakedsnake@vagrantz.xyz>
+Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2026 11:48:33 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] add newer python versions {10..15}
+
+---
+ pyproject.toml                    |  3 +++
+ setup.py                          | 31 ++++++++++---------------------
+
+diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
+new file mode 100644
+index 0000000..09977b5
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/pyproject.toml
+@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
++[build-system]
++requires = ["setuptools>=61"]
++build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
+index 6bf001f..872e55a 100644
+--- a/setup.py
++++ b/setup.py
+@@ -2,21 +2,6 @@ import pathlib
+ import re
+
+ from setuptools import setup
+-from setuptools.command.test import test as TestCommand
+-
+-
+-class Tox(TestCommand):
+-    def finalize_options(self):
+-        TestCommand.finalize_options(self)
+-        self.test_args = []
+-        self.test_suite = True
+-
+-    def run_tests(self):
+-        import tox
+-
+-        errno = tox.cmdline(self.test_args)
+-        exit(errno)
+-
+
+ with open('README.rst') as reader:
+     readme = reader.read()
+@@ -33,22 +18,26 @@ setup(
+     author='Grant Jenks',
+     author_email='contact@grantjenks.com',
+     url='http://www.grantjenks.com/docs/sortedcollections/',
+-    license='Apache 2.0',
++    license='Apache-2.0',
+     packages=['sortedcollections'],
+     install_requires=['sortedcontainers'],
+-    tests_require=['tox'],
+-    cmdclass={'test': Tox},
+-    classifiers=(
++    python_requires='>=3.6',
++    classifiers=[
+         'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',
+         'Intended Audience :: Developers',
+-        'License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License',
+         'Natural Language :: English',
+         'Programming Language :: Python',
+         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
+         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
+         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
+         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
++        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10',
++        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11',
++        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12',
++        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13',
++        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.14',
++        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.15',
+         'Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython',
+         'Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPy',
+-    ),
++    ],
+ )
diff --git a/dev-python/sortedcollections/sortedcollections-2.1.0.ebuild b/dev-python/sortedcollections/sortedcollections-2.1.0-r1.ebuild
similarity index 90%
rename from dev-python/sortedcollections/sortedcollections-2.1.0.ebuild
rename to dev-python/sortedcollections/sortedcollections-2.1.0-r1.ebuild
index 2c52967013..8fc4658aac 100644
--- a/dev-python/sortedcollections/sortedcollections-2.1.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/sortedcollections/sortedcollections-2.1.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=8
 
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{12..14} )
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{12..15} )
 DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
 inherit distutils-r1
 
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~x86"
 RDEPEND="dev-python/sortedcontainers[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
 BDEPEND="doc? ( ${RDEPEND} )"
 
+PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}/python-update.patch" )
+
 distutils_enable_tests pytest
 distutils_enable_sphinx docs