diff --git a/srcpkgs/neovim/patches/python-3.10.patch b/srcpkgs/neovim/patches/python-3.10.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7ff1b17cc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/neovim/patches/python-3.10.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+From e78fc38908dfb9f952e75026987f0db1f9ce4253 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: "Tejasvi S. Tomar" <45873379+tejasvi@users.noreply.github.com>
+Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2021 11:41:52 +0530
+Subject: [PATCH] Fix python provider's minor version comparison
+
+`'3.10' < '3.3'` but v3.10 > v3.3
+---
+ runtime/autoload/provider/pythonx.vim | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/runtime/autoload/provider/pythonx.vim b/runtime/autoload/provider/pythonx.vim
+index c292b374b6f5..0eeb35cba8f1 100644
+--- a/runtime/autoload/provider/pythonx.vim
++++ b/runtime/autoload/provider/pythonx.vim
+@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ function! provider#pythonx#CheckForModule(prog, module, major_version) abort
+     if prog_version !~ '^' . a:major_version
+       return [0, prog_path . ' is Python ' . prog_version . ' and cannot provide Python '
+             \ . a:major_version . '.']
+-    elseif prog_version =~ '^' . a:major_version && prog_version < min_version
++    elseif prog_version =~ '^' . a:major_version && str2nr(prog_version[2:]) < str2nr(min_version[2:])
+       return [0, prog_path . ' is Python ' . prog_version . ' and cannot provide Python >= '
+             \ . min_version . '.']
+     endif
diff --git a/srcpkgs/neovim/template b/srcpkgs/neovim/template
index 4e393c2c0b..bb22714097 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/neovim/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/neovim/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'neovim'
 pkgname=neovim
 version=0.5.1
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=cmake
 build_helper="qemu"
 configure_args="-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release"