diff --git a/science/paraview/files/patch-VTK_CMake_FindExprTk.cmake b/science/paraview/files/patch-VTK_CMake_FindExprTk.cmake
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index 000000000000..215a8fb90f6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/science/paraview/files/patch-VTK_CMake_FindExprTk.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+- workaround for https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues/21817
+
+--- VTK/CMake/FindExprTk.cmake.orig	2023-03-11 22:27:31 UTC
++++ VTK/CMake/FindExprTk.cmake
+@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ mark_as_advanced(ExprTk_INCLUDE_DIR)
+ 
+ if (ExprTk_INCLUDE_DIR)
+   file(STRINGS "${ExprTk_INCLUDE_DIR}/exprtk.hpp" _exprtk_version_header
+-    REGEX "static const char\\* version")
+-  string(REGEX MATCH "static const char\\* version = \"([0-9.]+)\"" _exprtk_version_match "${_exprtk_version_header}")
++    REGEX "static char_cptr *version")
++  string(REGEX MATCH "static char_cptr *version = \"([0-9.]+)\"" _exprtk_version_match "${_exprtk_version_header}")
+   set(ExprTk_VERSION "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
+   unset(_exprtk_version_header)
+   unset(_exprtk_version_match)