diff --git a/devel/py-qutip/files/patch-setup.cfg b/devel/py-qutip/files/patch-setup.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c0dc020c5bba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/py-qutip/files/patch-setup.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- setup.cfg.orig	2021-10-11 07:21:46 UTC
++++ setup.cfg
+@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ install_requires = 
+ 	scipy>=1.0
+ 	packaging
+ setup_requires = 
+-	numpy>=1.16.6,<1.20
++	numpy>=1.16.6,<1.21
+ 	scipy>=1.0
+ 	cython>=0.29.20
+ 	packaging