diff --git a/devel/py-botocore/Makefile b/devel/py-botocore/Makefile
index 7cb9b62d44ea1..7baccf9846c9d 100644
--- a/devel/py-botocore/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-botocore/Makefile
@@ -14,9 +14,8 @@ LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}dateutil>=2.1<3.0.0:devel/py-dateutil@${PY_FLAVOR}
-RUN_DEPENDS+=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}jmespath>=0.7.1<1.0.0:devel/py-jmespath@${PY_FLAVOR}
+RUN_DEPENDS+=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}jmespath>=0.7.1<2.0.0:devel/py-jmespath@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS+=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}urllib3>=1.25.4,1<1.27,1:net/py-urllib3@${PY_FLAVOR}
-
 TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest>0:devel/py-pytest@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}mock>0:devel/py-mock@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}nose>0:devel/py-nose@${PY_FLAVOR} \
diff --git a/devel/py-botocore/files/patch-setup.cfg b/devel/py-botocore/files/patch-setup.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..5667dc16a6c9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/py-botocore/files/patch-setup.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- setup.cfg.orig	2021-10-13 18:09:17 UTC
++++ setup.cfg
+@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ universal = 0
+ [metadata]
+ requires_dist = 
+ 	python-dateutil>=2.1,<3.0.0
+-	jmespath>=0.7.1,<1.0.0
++	jmespath>=0.7.1,<2.0.0
+ 	urllib3>=1.25.4,<1.27
+ 
+ [options.extras_require]
diff --git a/devel/py-botocore/files/patch-setup.py b/devel/py-botocore/files/patch-setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..5be511fc7d677
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/py-botocore/files/patch-setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- setup.py.orig	2021-10-13 18:05:42 UTC
++++ setup.py
+@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ def find_version(*file_paths):
+ 
+ 
+ requires = [
+-    'jmespath>=0.7.1,<1.0.0',
++    'jmespath>=0.7.1,<2.0.0',
+     'python-dateutil>=2.1,<3.0.0',
+     'urllib3>=1.25.4,<1.27',
+ ]