diff --git a/dev-python/inflect/inflect-4.1.0.ebuild b/dev-python/inflect/inflect-4.1.0.ebuild
index 5e104aecdea85..b8d3caaccd334 100644
--- a/dev-python/inflect/inflect-4.1.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/inflect/inflect-4.1.0.ebuild
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 "
 BDEPEND="
 	dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	dev-python/setuptools_scm[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/setuptools_scm-3.4.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-python/toml[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	test? ( dev-python/pytest[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] )
 "