diff --git a/profiles/pentoo/base/package.keywords/dev-python b/profiles/pentoo/base/package.keywords/dev-python
index b3a64027ab3..1267b35a161 100644
--- a/profiles/pentoo/base/package.keywords/dev-python
+++ b/profiles/pentoo/base/package.keywords/dev-python
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@
 ~dev-python/yattag-1.15.2 amd64 x86
 
 # required by def-util/lief
-=dev-python/scikit-build-core-0.8* amd64 x86
+=dev-python/scikit-build-core-0.9* amd64 x86