diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/p/Python/Python-2.7.18-GCCcore-11.2.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/p/Python/Python-2.7.18-GCCcore-11.2.0.eb
index 40d1364f4e5..6cae29ec4ff 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/p/Python/Python-2.7.18-GCCcore-11.2.0.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/p/Python/Python-2.7.18-GCCcore-11.2.0.eb
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ exts_list = [
     }),
     ('backports.entry_points_selectable', '1.1.0', {
         'checksums': ['988468260ec1c196dab6ae1149260e2f5472c9110334e5d51adcb77867361f6a'],
+        'preinstallopts': "sed -i 's/^author =.*/version = %(version)s/g' setup.cfg && ",
     }),
     ('virtualenv', '20.7.0', {
         'checksums': ['97066a978431ec096d163e72771df5357c5c898ffdd587048f45e0aecc228094'],
@@ -245,6 +246,7 @@ exts_list = [
     }),
     ('backports.functools_lru_cache', '1.6.4', {
         'checksums': ['d5ed2169378b67d3c545e5600d363a923b09c456dab1593914935a68ad478271'],
+        'preinstallopts': "sed -i 's/^author .*/version = %(version)s/g' setup.cfg && ",
     }),
     ('wcwidth', '0.2.5', {
         'checksums': ['c4d647b99872929fdb7bdcaa4fbe7f01413ed3d98077df798530e5b04f116c83'],
@@ -306,6 +308,7 @@ exts_list = [
     }),
     ('singledispatch', '3.7.0', {
         'checksums': ['c1a4d5c1da310c3fd8fccfb8d4e1cb7df076148fd5d858a819e37fffe44f3092'],
+        'preinstallopts': "sed -i 's/^author .*/version = %(version)s/g' setup.cfg && ",
     }),
     ('sortedcontainers', '2.4.0', {
         'checksums': ['25caa5a06cc30b6b83d11423433f65d1f9d76c4c6a0c90e3379eaa43b9bfdb88'],