diff --git a/srcpkgs/synapse/patches/setuptools_rust_upperbound.patch b/srcpkgs/synapse/patches/setuptools_rust_upperbound.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index dd8b106a8d619e..00000000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/synapse/patches/setuptools_rust_upperbound.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
-index e0afcde..d902670 100644
---- a/pyproject.toml
-+++ b/pyproject.toml
-@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ tomli = ">=1.2.3"
- # runtime errors caused by build system changes.
- # We are happy to raise these upper bounds upon request,
- # provided we check that it's safe to do so (i.e. that CI passes).
--requires = ["poetry-core>=1.1.0,<=1.9.1", "setuptools_rust>=1.3,<=1.8.1"]
-+requires = ["poetry-core>=1.1.0,<=1.9.1", "setuptools_rust>=1.3"]
- build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
- 
- 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/synapse/template b/srcpkgs/synapse/template
index 92ba9d254e45c1..575ec966d26720 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/synapse/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/synapse/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'synapse'
 pkgname=synapse
-version=1.120.0
+version=1.121.1
 revision=1
 build_style=python3-pep517
 build_helper=rust
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ license="AGPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://element-hq.github.io/synapse"
 changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/element-hq/synapse/develop/CHANGES.md"
 distfiles="https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/archive/refs/tags/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=f5833a9cafe30c389a5a903eb5e9e9154c8ae2c44343c5fc43e33e2750bd6442
+checksum=58beeacb5b61f87d791b808a3d1e0db3f4df55a731e652ac4ad86bd4145558da
 
 system_accounts="synapse"
 synapse_homedir="/var/lib/synapse"