diff --git a/lang/python/python-uci/Makefile b/lang/python/python-uci/Makefile
index 5d834d0d73..4476281055 100644
--- a/lang/python/python-uci/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/python-uci/Makefile
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=python-uci
-PKG_VERSION:=0.9.0
+PKG_VERSION:=0.10.3
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PYPI_NAME:=pyuci
-PKG_HASH:=865a45d48fb5d363f1230e94fa2c5b01ae6487f02f2180b0a6f78193a70166e2
+PKG_HASH:=3b0f72ea81ed7a7999b2eb73f57a93019c0d359efaa9efb44fdf377fa09c1da6
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Josef Schlehofer <pepe.schlehofer@gmail.com>
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-3.0-or-later
diff --git a/lang/python/python-uci/patches/0001-Revert-CI-setup.py-removed-and-testing-updates-in-CI.patch b/lang/python/python-uci/patches/0001-Revert-CI-setup.py-removed-and-testing-updates-in-CI.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..de7ff24a86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/python/python-uci/patches/0001-Revert-CI-setup.py-removed-and-testing-updates-in-CI.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+From 24dd211a0a99e95e79f5a6b2054e60dae878410d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Josef Schlehofer <pepe.schlehofer@gmail.com>
+Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2025 10:18:19 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Revert "CI: setup.py removed and testing updates in CI"
+
+This commit adds setup.py back to be compatible with OpenWrt.
+OpenWrt ships Python 3.11 and that version is using bundled
+setuptools and pip. These versions for py-uci are kinda outdated,
+because in the latest release Stepan is using ext-modules
+via pyproject.toml, which is experimental [1] and thus this
+is not present in Python 3.11.
+
+Newer Python versions such as 3.12 and 3.13 are not shipping
+bunled setuptools anymore. This needs to be reworked to
+be working with OpenWrt build system.
+
+How it is implemented right now, Python packages
+can be compiled with pyproject.toml with OpenWrt. See this PR [2],
+but as said earlier newest features from setuptools are missing.
+
+[1] https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/stable/history.html#v74-1-0
+[2] https://github.com/openwrt/packages/pull/20801
+
+This reverts commit 8a1e5c3218f16f46a25379dc2e9651fa74a7d349.
+---
+ setup.py | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+ 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+)
+ create mode 100644 setup.py
+
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/setup.py
+@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
++import os
++from setuptools import setup
++from setuptools.extension import Extension
++
++ext_compile_args = None
++ext_link_args = None
++
++if 'COVERAGE' in os.environ:
++    ext_compile_args = ["-fprofile-arcs", "-ftest-coverage"]
++    ext_link_args = ["-fprofile-arcs"]
++
++
++with open("README.md", "r") as fh:
++    long_description = fh.read()
++
++
++setup(
++    name='pyuci',
++    version='0.10.3',
++    author='CZ.NIC z.s.p.o',
++    author_email='karel.koci@nic.cz',
++    description='Python UCI bindings',
++    long_description=long_description,
++    long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
++    url="https://gitlab.nic.cz/turris/pyuci",
++    license="MIT",
++
++    packages=['euci'],
++    ext_modules=[
++        Extension("uci", ["ucimodule.c", "pyuci.c", "pyhelper.c"],
++                  libraries=["uci"], language="c",
++                  extra_compile_args=ext_compile_args,
++                  extra_link_args=ext_link_args)
++    ],
++
++    classifiers=[
++        "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
++        "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
++        "Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux",
++        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
++    ],
++    python_requires='>=3.7',
++)
diff --git a/lang/python/python-uci/patches/0001-pyproject.toml-remove-it-in-favor-of-setup.py.patch b/lang/python/python-uci/patches/0001-pyproject.toml-remove-it-in-favor-of-setup.py.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4fee997f0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/python/python-uci/patches/0001-pyproject.toml-remove-it-in-favor-of-setup.py.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+From a480a4223639766f4f0625434a28204b014fd882 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Josef Schlehofer <pepe.schlehofer@gmail.com>
+Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2025 10:31:08 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] pyproject.toml: remove it in favor of setup.py
+
+This patch is I would say kinda hacky. OpenWrt
+can compile Python packages with pyproject.toml,
+but this pyproject.toml requires the latest
+setuptools, which is shipped separately these days.
+
+But Python 3.11, which is used in OpenWrt
+is using bundled setuptools together with pip
+and the version of setuptools does not support
+ext-modules [1].
+
+[1] https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/pull/4568
+
+Signed-off-by: Josef Schlehofer <pepe.schlehofer@gmail.com>
+---
+ pyproject.toml | 37 -------------------------------------
+ 1 file changed, 37 deletions(-)
+ delete mode 100644 pyproject.toml
+
+--- a/pyproject.toml
++++ /dev/null
+@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
+-[build-system]
+-requires = ["setuptools", "wheel"]
+-build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+-
+-[project]
+-name = "pyuci"
+-dynamic = []
+-description = "Python UCI bindings"
+-readme = "README.md"
+-license = {file = "LICENSE"}
+-version = "0.10.3"
+-requires-python = ">=3.7"
+-authors = [
+-    { name = "CZ.NIC z.s.p.o", email = "karel.koci@nic.cz" },
+-]
+-classifiers = [
+-    "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
+-    "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
+-    "Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux",
+-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+-]
+-
+-[project.urls]
+-Homepage = "https://gitlab.nic.cz/turris/pyuci"
+-
+-[tool.setuptools]
+-packages = ["euci"]
+-
+-[[tool.setuptools.ext-modules]]
+-name = "uci"
+-sources = ["ucimodule.c", "pyuci.c", "pyhelper.c"]
+-language = "c"
+-libraries = ["uci"]
+-
+-# Uncomment to enable coverage measurement
+-#extra-compile-args = ["-fprofile-arcs", "-ftest-coverage"]
+-#extra-link-args = ["-fprofile-arcs"]