diff --git a/dev-python/gflanguages/files/gflanguages-0.4.0-remove-setuptools_scm-constraint.patch b/dev-python/gflanguages/files/gflanguages-0.4.0-remove-setuptools_scm-constraint.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..369e531b5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/gflanguages/files/gflanguages-0.4.0-remove-setuptools_scm-constraint.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+From 18d71003c12f241831811eff86337ddf2223d754 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Alessandro Barbieri <lssndrbarbieri@gmail.com>
+Date: Tue, 31 May 2022 10:52:28 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] remove setuptools_scm constraint
+
+--- a/setup.py
++++ b/setup.py
+@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
+         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3'
+     ],
+     python_requires=">=3.7",
+-    setup_requires=['setuptools_scm>=4,<6.1'],
++    setup_requires=['setuptools_scm>=4'],
+     install_requires=[
+         'protobuf'
+     ]
diff --git a/dev-python/gflanguages/gflanguages-0.4.0.ebuild b/dev-python/gflanguages/gflanguages-0.4.0.ebuild
index 08258687bd..b3bdf03f1c 100644
--- a/dev-python/gflanguages/gflanguages-0.4.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/gflanguages/gflanguages-0.4.0.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() {