diff --git a/projects/github.com/confluentinc/librdkafka/package.yml b/projects/github.com/confluentinc/librdkafka/package.yml
index 229a4179..799cc760 100644
--- a/projects/github.com/confluentinc/librdkafka/package.yml
+++ b/projects/github.com/confluentinc/librdkafka/package.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ build:
     tea.xyz/gx/cc: c99
     tea.xyz/gx/make: '*'
     freedesktop.org/pkg-config: '*'
-    python.org: '3.11'
+    python.org: '^3.11'
   script: |
     ./configure $ARGS
     make --jobs {{ hw.concurrency }}