diff --git a/lang/python/python-frozenlist/Makefile b/lang/python/python-frozenlist/Makefile
index 0c9df17037f07..eb25e7e853ead 100644
--- a/lang/python/python-frozenlist/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/python-frozenlist/Makefile
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=python-frozenlist
-PKG_VERSION:=1.4.0
+PKG_VERSION:=1.8.0
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PYPI_NAME:=frozenlist
-PKG_HASH:=09163bdf0b2907454042edb19f887c6d33806adc71fbd54afc14908bfdc22251
+PKG_HASH:=3ede829ed8d842f6cd48fc7081d7a41001a56f1f38603f9d49bf3020d59a31ad
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=Apache-2.0
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=LICENSE
diff --git a/lang/python/python-frozenlist/patches/0001-use-setuptools-instead-of-custom-backend.patch b/lang/python/python-frozenlist/patches/0001-use-setuptools-instead-of-custom-backend.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..4caad079fe0b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/python/python-frozenlist/patches/0001-use-setuptools-instead-of-custom-backend.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+--- a/pyproject.toml
++++ b/pyproject.toml
+@@ -1,14 +1,9 @@
+ [build-system]
+ requires = [
+-  # NOTE: The following build dependencies are necessary for initial
+-  # NOTE: provisioning of the in-tree build backend located under
+-  # NOTE: `packaging/pep517_backend/`.
+-  "expandvars",
+   "setuptools >= 47",  # Minimum required for `version = attr:`
+   "tomli; python_version < '3.11'",
+ ]
+-backend-path = ["packaging"]  # requires `pip >= 20` or `pep517 >= 0.6.0`
+-build-backend = "pep517_backend.hooks"  # wraps `setuptools.build_meta`
++build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+ 
+ [tool.local.cythonize]
+ # This attr can contain multiple globs