Python Steem Library Breaks after Python3.8.14 (unsupported hash type ripemd160)

The official Steem Python library: https://github.com/steemit/steem-python seems no longer under maintenance.
From Python3.8.14 changes logs: https://docs.python.org/3.8/whatsnew/changelog.html
it says:

gh-95778: Converting between int and str in bases other than 2 (binary), 4, 8 (octal), 16 (hexadecimal), or 32 such as base 10 (decimal) now raises a ValueError if the number of digits in string form is above a limit to avoid potential denial of service attacks due to the algorithmic complexity. This is a mitigation for CVE-2020-10735.

I created a new VPS, ubuntu 22.04, and it comes with Python 3.10.4. I was running the following Python script to claim steem rewards:

def claim(user, key):
  global steem_nodes
  wif = {
      "posting": key
  }
  try:
    steem = Steem(nodes=steem_nodes,keys=wif)
    account = Account(user, steemd_instance=steem)
    sbd   = account.balances["rewards"]["SBD"]
    st    = account.balances["rewards"]["STEEM"]
    vests = account.balances["rewards"]["VESTS"]
    if sbd > 0 or st > 0 or vests > 0:
      print('claiming rewards for ' + user + " ...")
      steem.claim_reward_balance(account=user)
    else:
      print('nothing to claim for ' + user)
  except Exception as e:
    print("Unexpected error for " + user, sys.exc_info()[0])
    print(e)

And it says:
class 'ValueError': unsupported hash type ripemd160

Google leads to this SO page: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/72409563/unsupported-hash-type-ripemd160-with-hashlib-in-python

And it works!