diff --git a/dev-python/rapidfuzz/rapidfuzz-3.8.1.ebuild b/dev-python/rapidfuzz/rapidfuzz-3.8.1.ebuild
index 9605ba31909f1..1947e3941fcd2 100644
--- a/dev-python/rapidfuzz/rapidfuzz-3.8.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/rapidfuzz/rapidfuzz-3.8.1.ebuild
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ src_prepare() {
 	rm -r extern || die
 	# force recythonization
 	find src -name '*.cxx' -delete || die
+	# do not require exact taskflow version
+	sed -i -e '/Taskflow/s:3\.3\.0::' CMakeLists.txt || die
 
 	distutils-r1_src_prepare
 
diff --git a/dev-python/rapidfuzz/rapidfuzz-3.9.0.ebuild b/dev-python/rapidfuzz/rapidfuzz-3.9.0.ebuild
index 45785abbea64d..cbac29fa449c3 100644
--- a/dev-python/rapidfuzz/rapidfuzz-3.9.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/rapidfuzz/rapidfuzz-3.9.0.ebuild
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ src_prepare() {
 	rm -r extern || die
 	# force recythonization
 	find src -name '*.cxx' -delete || die
+	# do not require exact taskflow version
+	sed -i -e '/Taskflow/s:3\.3\.0::' CMakeLists.txt || die
 
 	distutils-r1_src_prepare
 
diff --git a/dev-python/rapidfuzz/rapidfuzz-3.9.1.ebuild b/dev-python/rapidfuzz/rapidfuzz-3.9.1.ebuild
index 9bf96f9f14b7b..12009364fc6aa 100644
--- a/dev-python/rapidfuzz/rapidfuzz-3.9.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/rapidfuzz/rapidfuzz-3.9.1.ebuild
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ src_prepare() {
 	rm -r extern || die
 	# force recythonization
 	find src -name '*.cxx' -delete || die
+	# do not require exact taskflow version
+	sed -i -e '/Taskflow/s:3\.3\.0::' CMakeLists.txt || die
 
 	distutils-r1_src_prepare