diff --git a/0001-Add-a-version-key-in-the-project-table-196.patch b/0001-Add-a-version-key-in-the-project-table-196.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1c6896b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-Add-a-version-key-in-the-project-table-196.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+From c38f51baa2c74fa89d5a4de6983b9681e5ccc5ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Agriya Khetarpal <74401230+agriyakhetarpal@users.noreply.github.com>
+Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2024 00:19:35 +0530
+Subject: [PATCH] Add a `version` key in the `[project]` table (#196)
+
+---
+ cramjam-python/pyproject.toml | 1 +
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
+
+diff --git a/cramjam-python/pyproject.toml b/cramjam-python/pyproject.toml
+index 2a4aa85..4c19e03 100644
+--- a/cramjam-python/pyproject.toml
++++ b/cramjam-python/pyproject.toml
+@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
+ name = "cramjam"
+ keywords = ["compression", "decompression", "snappy", "zstd", "bz2", "gzip", "lz4", "brotli", "deflate"]
+ requires-python = ">=3.7"
++version = "2.8.3"
+ license = { file = "LICENSE" }
+ 
+ [project.urls]
+-- 
+2.47.1
+
diff --git a/python-cramjam.spec b/python-cramjam.spec
index 747b5fb..7df2c1f 100644
--- a/python-cramjam.spec
+++ b/python-cramjam.spec
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ URL:            https://github.com/milesgranger/cramjam
 # the GitHub source archive.
 Source:         %{url}/archive/v%{version}/cramjam-%{version}.tar.gz
 
+# Updates for Maturin 1.8: add a version key in the project metadata
+# https://github.com/milesgranger/cramjam/pull/196
+# Cherry-picked to 2.8.3.
+Patch:          0001-Add-a-version-key-in-the-project-table-196.patch
+
 BuildRequires:  python3-devel
 BuildRequires:  tomcli
 BuildRequires:  cargo-rpm-macros >= 24
@@ -48,7 +53,7 @@ License:        %{shrink:
 
 
 %prep
-%autosetup -n cramjam-%{version}
+%autosetup -n cramjam-%{version} -p1
 
 # Do not strip the compiled Python module; we need useful debuginfo. Upstream
 # set this intentionally, so this makes sense to keep downstream-only.