diff --git a/Formula/h/hermes-agent.rb b/Formula/h/hermes-agent.rb
index 5633ca0cfed7..d444fc38f0ec 100644
--- a/Formula/h/hermes-agent.rb
+++ b/Formula/h/hermes-agent.rb
@@ -22,11 +22,6 @@ class HermesAgent < Formula
     sha256 cellar: :any, x86_64_linux:  "62dad23f60f0a785378ef2ea188255a724633e437cd5305ff667643a10a036f2"
   end
 
-  # Support for brew was removed in https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/68217
-  # Formula can not be updated
-  deprecate! date: "2026-08-03", because: "Upstream does not suppoort brew anymore"
-  disable! date: "2027-02-03", because: :unmaintained
-
   depends_on "pkgconf" => :build
   depends_on "rust" => :build
   depends_on "certifi" => :no_linkage
@@ -239,6 +234,14 @@ class HermesAgent < Formula
       type :backport
       resolves "https://github.com/sethmlarson/socksio/pull/61"
     end
+
+    # Workaround for flit-core 4+
+    patch do
+      url "https://github.com/sethmlarson/socksio/commit/504f7e51682b9526d3ecc7ea893338af1fedfb2d.patch?full_index=1"
+      sha256 "b0c327c4e8fa722669dc372263d735f429015587e02935e2e8cb2b22028c0bfb"
+      type :unofficial
+      resolves "https://github.com/sethmlarson/socksio/pull/66"
+    end
   end
 
   resource "starlette" do