diff --git a/net-analyzer/pwncat/Manifest b/net-analyzer/pwncat/Manifest
index 9819e6104b5..f03e95bd9d2 100644
--- a/net-analyzer/pwncat/Manifest
+++ b/net-analyzer/pwncat/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-DIST pwncat-0.1.1.tar.gz 4632988 BLAKE2B 71a9be4d29aaa3081b01c43de31d00ee6ee1478257ff09f0fa4256a3cf8e21df8583e726c043ac83e9445491f30040150194225f884b137d6093f9c1704d06bd SHA512 3a21510288048753734c5f33c589b0d2438ad24bf586d1b25fe618fcb09530c45ad8f7247e9729bebeb00cfc679253c31b3ae3d2831018d3cc3774eece6dad2f
 DIST pwncat-0.1.2.tar.gz 4844161 BLAKE2B 47aa45060624f8e209a4456da0c384b3ba8bd61dd9ef644bf8a9ff08dcf4e53f4dc5c9b12c6184af0ea976df4b56a2c2fcb178ecb88f18dffbbb823ef087f7e4 SHA512 d049f701ba7ba853e298b82406a36d355e45ebe3eb6a617a895c74d03999951fb4f56b3c886c252599ede6b8598591225a0daaef21601974cf6cf8e2e6ef3df7
diff --git a/net-analyzer/pwncat/files/setuptools-61.patch b/net-analyzer/pwncat/files/setuptools-61.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..efa7ebf91ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-analyzer/pwncat/files/setuptools-61.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+--- a/setup.py.orig	2022-06-22 09:46:32.635503875 +0800
++++ b/setup.py	2022-06-22 09:48:23.871506169 +0800
+@@ -53,4 +53,5 @@
+         # Where does it rnu
+         "Operating System :: OS Independent",
+     ],
++    packages=[],
+ )
diff --git a/net-analyzer/pwncat/pwncat-0.1.1.ebuild b/net-analyzer/pwncat/pwncat-0.1.2-r1.ebuild
similarity index 68%
rename from net-analyzer/pwncat/pwncat-0.1.1.ebuild
rename to net-analyzer/pwncat/pwncat-0.1.2-r1.ebuild
index 6ad2aeddb1b..1ccb6bbf68e 100644
--- a/net-analyzer/pwncat/pwncat-0.1.1.ebuild
+++ b/net-analyzer/pwncat/pwncat-0.1.2-r1.ebuild
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
-EAPI=7
+EAPI=8
 
-DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=bdepend
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{9..10} )
 inherit distutils-r1
 
@@ -14,3 +13,10 @@ SRC_URI="https://github.com/cytopia/pwncat/archive/v${PV/_/-}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar
 LICENSE="MIT"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="amd64 ~arm64 x86"
+
+src_prepare() {
+	distutils-r1_src_prepare
+
+	#https://github.com/cytopia/pwncat/issues/113
+	eapply "${FILESDIR}/setuptools-61.patch"
+}
diff --git a/net-analyzer/pwncat/pwncat-0.1.2.ebuild b/net-analyzer/pwncat/pwncat-0.1.2.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 6ad2aeddb1b..00000000000
--- a/net-analyzer/pwncat/pwncat-0.1.2.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=7
-
-DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=bdepend
-PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{9..10} )
-inherit distutils-r1
-
-DESCRIPTION="Netcat with IDS/IPS evasion, bind reverse shell and port forwarding magic"
-HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/cytopia/pwncat"
-SRC_URI="https://github.com/cytopia/pwncat/archive/v${PV/_/-}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
-
-LICENSE="MIT"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="amd64 ~arm64 x86"