diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-util/pkgcheck/pkgcheck-0.10.36.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-util/pkgcheck/pkgcheck-0.10.36.ebuild
index 512571dac3..dedc375e9b 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-util/pkgcheck/pkgcheck-0.10.36.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-util/pkgcheck/pkgcheck-0.10.36.ebuild
@@ -61,6 +61,13 @@ distutils_enable_tests pytest
 
 export USE_SYSTEM_TREE_SITTER_BASH=1
 
+src_prepare() {
+	distutils-r1_src_prepare
+
+	# unpin dependencies
+	sed -i -e 's:~=:>=:' pyproject.toml || die
+}
+
 src_compile() {
 	distutils-r1_src_compile
 
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-util/pkgcheck/pkgcheck-9999.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-util/pkgcheck/pkgcheck-9999.ebuild
index 3ee623f65a..8a8dae53df 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-util/pkgcheck/pkgcheck-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-util/pkgcheck/pkgcheck-9999.ebuild
@@ -60,6 +60,13 @@ distutils_enable_tests pytest
 
 export USE_SYSTEM_TREE_SITTER_BASH=1
 
+src_prepare() {
+	distutils-r1_src_prepare
+
+	# unpin dependencies
+	sed -i -e 's:~=:>=:' pyproject.toml || die
+}
+
 src_compile() {
 	distutils-r1_src_compile