diff --git a/dev-python/hdmf/ChangeLog b/dev-python/hdmf/ChangeLog
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b113216
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/hdmf/ChangeLog
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+  29 Oct 2021;  <chymera@gentoo.org> +files/hdmf-3.1.1-new_jsonschema.patch,
+  hdmf-3.1.1.ebuild:
+  dev-python/hdmf: jsonschema cap was not needed  Confirmed by upstream:
+  https://github.com/hdmf-dev/hdmf/issues/674
diff --git a/dev-python/hdmf/files/hdmf-3.1.1-new_jsonschema.patch b/dev-python/hdmf/files/hdmf-3.1.1-new_jsonschema.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..989332b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/hdmf/files/hdmf-3.1.1-new_jsonschema.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- a/setup.py	2021-09-24 00:51:55.892741725 -0400
++++ b/setup.py	2021-10-27 14:33:20.733741241 -0400
+@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
+     'scipy>=1.1,<2',
+     'pandas>=1.0.5,<2',
+     'ruamel.yaml>=0.16,<1',
+-    'jsonschema>=2.6.0,<4',
++    'jsonschema>=2.6.0',
+     'setuptools',
+ ]
diff --git a/dev-python/hdmf/hdmf-3.1.1.ebuild b/dev-python/hdmf/hdmf-3.1.1.ebuild
index 261779a..1731b0d 100644
--- a/dev-python/hdmf/hdmf-3.1.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/hdmf/hdmf-3.1.1.ebuild
@@ -26,3 +26,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 BDEPEND=""
 
 distutils_enable_tests pytest
+
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-3.1.1-new_jsonschema.patch"
+)