From b4b62bbe24b2673f5c932a9040c42f7ab6ee792e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Martin Weinelt <hexa@darmstadt.ccc.de>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 20:58:35 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] python3Packages.ml-dtypes: relax setuptools constraint

---
 pkgs/development/python-modules/ml-dtypes/default.nix | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ml-dtypes/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ml-dtypes/default.nix
index 5a6c426b2921..fb7f135e6462 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ml-dtypes/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ml-dtypes/default.nix
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     fetchSubmodules = true;
   };
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
+      --replace-fail "setuptools~=" "setuptools>="
+  '';
+
   build-system = [ setuptools ];
 
   dependencies = [ numpy ];