diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ma/matrix-synapse-unwrapped/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ma/matrix-synapse-unwrapped/package.nix
index a0791b5ac5f52..435ef1c25ffbe 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ma/matrix-synapse-unwrapped/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ma/matrix-synapse-unwrapped/package.nix
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
     hash = "sha256-qpgDErV1VVzaUHHQX4ReXCPihdrSKI/4HtbDeQIblR8=";
   };
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
+      --replace-fail "setuptools_rust>=1.3,<=1.11.1" "setuptools_rust<=1.12,>=1.3"
+  '';
+
   build-system = with python3Packages; [
     poetry-core
     setuptools-rust