diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/paperwork/paperwork-backend.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/paperwork/paperwork-backend.nix
index 4460e50ab624..b5620d3f40df 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/paperwork/paperwork-backend.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/paperwork/paperwork-backend.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { buildPythonPackage
 , lib
 , fetchFromGitLab
+, fetchpatch
 , pyenchant
 , scikit-learn
 , pypillowfight
@@ -33,6 +34,13 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   sourceRoot = "${src.name}/paperwork-backend";
 
   patches = [
+    # fixes building with recent scipy
+    # remove on next release
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/OpenPaperwork/paperwork/-/commit/abcebfe9714644d4e259e53b10e0e9417b5b864f.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-YjVpphThW5Livs+PZJZDSgJvhLSXhZ1bnlWMwfY4HTg=";
+    })
+
     # disables a flaky test https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/OpenPaperwork/paperwork/-/issues/1035#note_1493700
     ./flaky_test.patch
   ];