diff --git a/textproc/py-citeproc-py-styles/files/patch-setup.py b/textproc/py-citeproc-py-styles/files/patch-setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bcc2ddb8b4b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/textproc/py-citeproc-py-styles/files/patch-setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+- fix the problem that Python thinks that the version 2.6.2 is greater than 6.0.0 for pytest-runner
+
+--- setup.py.orig	2022-10-05 06:44:42 UTC
++++ setup.py
+@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ for reqs in extras_require.values():
+     extras_require['all'].extend(reqs)
+ 
+ setup_requires = [
+-    'pytest-runner>=2.6.2',
++    'pytest-runner',
+ ]
+ 
+ install_requires = [