diff --git a/lang/python/python-constantly/Makefile b/lang/python/python-constantly/Makefile
index 129a72b5c8..f0cd24659e 100644
--- a/lang/python/python-constantly/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/python-constantly/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2018 OpenWrt.org
+# Copyright (C) 2018, 2023 Jeffery To
 #
 # This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
 # See /LICENSE for more information.
@@ -8,16 +8,18 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=python-constantly
-PKG_VERSION:=15.1.0
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_VERSION:=23.10.4
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PYPI_NAME:=constantly
-PKG_HASH:=586372eb92059873e29eba4f9dec8381541b4d3834660707faf8ba59146dfc35
+PKG_HASH:=aa92b70a33e2ac0bb33cd745eb61776594dc48764b06c35e0efd050b7f1c7cbd
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=MIT
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=LICENSE
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Jeffery To <jeffery.to@gmail.com>
 
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:=python-versioneer/host
+
 include ../pypi.mk
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
 include ../python3-package.mk
diff --git a/lang/python/python-constantly/patches/001-unpin-setuptools.patch b/lang/python/python-constantly/patches/001-unpin-setuptools.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9d890abc94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/python/python-constantly/patches/001-unpin-setuptools.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+--- a/pyproject.toml
++++ b/pyproject.toml
+@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+ [build-system]
+-requires = ["setuptools>=68.2", "versioneer[toml]==0.29"]
++requires = ["setuptools", "versioneer[toml]==0.29"]
+ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+ 
+ [project]
diff --git a/lang/python/python-constantly/test.sh b/lang/python/python-constantly/test.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d6b367ccf2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/python/python-constantly/test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+[ "$1" = python3-constantly ] || exit 0
+
+python3 - << 'EOF'
+
+from constantly import NamedConstant, Names
+class Letters(Names):
+    a = NamedConstant()
+    b = NamedConstant()
+    c = NamedConstant()
+
+assert Letters.lookupByName('a') is Letters.a
+assert Letters.a < Letters.b
+assert Letters.b < Letters.c
+assert Letters.a < Letters.c
+
+from constantly import ValueConstant, Values
+class STATUS(Values):
+    OK = ValueConstant('200')
+    FOUND = ValueConstant('302')
+    NOT_FOUND = ValueConstant('404')
+
+assert STATUS.OK.value == '200'
+assert STATUS.lookupByValue('404') == STATUS.NOT_FOUND
+
+EOF