diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-cassandra-driver/0001-skip-verifying-the-availability-of-setuptools.patch b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-cassandra-driver/0001-skip-verifying-the-availability-of-setuptools.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b58fd04752
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-cassandra-driver/0001-skip-verifying-the-availability-of-setuptools.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+From ebee090ac020c5a4e4194788fc2f53d7a4e30b40 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Gyorgy Sarvari <skandigraun@gmail.com>
+Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2026 21:28:07 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] skip verifying the availability of setuptools
+
+The setup script checks is setuptools is available (with the correct minimum
+version), using setuptool's pkg_resouces modules. Setuptools has dropped
+this module in version 82, making this import fail.
+
+This patch skips the availability check of Setuptools, it is expected to be
+always available from oe-core - the patch itself is oe-specific.
+
+Upstream has already prepared a solution to rework their setup script to
+work with the latest Setuptools, however that patch builds on several other
+patches.
+
+Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [oe-specific]
+Signed-off-by: Gyorgy Sarvari <skandigraun@gmail.com>
+---
+ ez_setup.py | 1 +
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
+
+diff --git a/ez_setup.py b/ez_setup.py
+index 76e7105..c668e5d 100644
+--- a/ez_setup.py
++++ b/ez_setup.py
+@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ def _do_download(version, download_base, to_dir, download_delay):
+ 
+ def use_setuptools(version=DEFAULT_VERSION, download_base=DEFAULT_URL,
+                    to_dir=os.curdir, download_delay=15):
++    return
+     # making sure we use the absolute path
+     to_dir = os.path.abspath(to_dir)
+     was_imported = 'pkg_resources' in sys.modules or \
diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-cassandra-driver_3.29.2.bb b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-cassandra-driver_3.29.3.bb
similarity index 74%
rename from meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-cassandra-driver_3.29.2.bb
rename to meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-cassandra-driver_3.29.3.bb
index f60167d309..6ab86300f5 100644
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-cassandra-driver_3.29.2.bb
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-cassandra-driver_3.29.3.bb
@@ -8,9 +8,12 @@ LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=2ee41112a44fe7014dce33e26468ba93"
 SRCNAME = "cassandra-driver"
 
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "c4310a7d0457f51a63fb019d8ef501588c491141362b53097fbc62fa06559b7c"
+SRC_URI += "file://0001-skip-verifying-the-availability-of-setuptools.patch"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "ff6b82ee4533f6fd4474d833e693b44b984f58337173ee98ed76bce08721a636"
 
-inherit pypi setuptools3
+PYPI_PACKAGE = "cassandra_driver"
+
+inherit pypi python_setuptools_build_meta
 
 RDEPENDS:${PN} += "\
     python3-cython \