diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-scipy/patches/version-relaxation.patch b/srcpkgs/python3-scipy/patches/version-relaxation.patch
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-scipy/patches/version-relaxation.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+SciPy imposes strict and unnecessary version restrictions on its dependencies.
+
+--- a/pyproject.toml
++++ b/pyproject.toml
+@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
+ requires = [
+     "meson-python>=0.15.0,<0.16.0", # working with 0.15.x series at branch time
+     "Cython>=0.29.35,!=3.0.3,<3.1.0",  # when updating version, also update check in meson.build
+-    "pybind11>=2.10.4,<2.12.0", # working with 2.11.x series at branch time
++    "pybind11",
+     "pythran>=0.15.0,<0.16.0", # working with 0.15.x series at branch time
+ 
+     # When numpy 2.0.0rc1 comes out, we should update this to build against 2.0,