diff --git a/pagure-pygit2.patch b/pagure-pygit2.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5fd79b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pagure-pygit2.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+commit 8a1a7ba9f789ba446bab63783f7b963246861cb8
+Author: Dominik Wombacher <dominik@wombacher.cc>
+Date:   Tue Apr 16 18:17:03 2024 +0000
+
+    tests: Fix issue 'No module named pygit2.remote'
+diff '--color=auto' -ur a/pagure/lib/git.py b/pagure/lib/git.py
+--- a/pagure/lib/git.py	2024-05-24 16:43:47.000000000 +0200
++++ b/pagure/lib/git.py	2024-08-17 13:39:06.096428774 +0200
+@@ -33,8 +33,10 @@
+ 
+ from sqlalchemy.exc import SQLAlchemyError
+ 
+-# from sqlalchemy.orm.session import Session
+-from pygit2.remote import RemoteCollection
++try:
++    from pygit2.remote import RemoteCollection
++except ImportError:
++    from pygit2.remotes import RemoteCollection
+ 
+ import pagure.utils
+ import pagure.exceptions
+diff '--color=auto' -ur a/tests/test_pagure_lib_git.py b/tests/test_pagure_lib_git.py
+--- a/tests/test_pagure_lib_git.py	2024-05-24 16:43:47.000000000 +0200
++++ b/tests/test_pagure_lib_git.py	2024-08-17 13:35:21.848131790 +0200
+@@ -3645,8 +3645,12 @@
+ 
+         # make sure the function works fine even if there's a leftover
+         # ref from previous failed run of the function
+-        with patch("pygit2.remote.RemoteCollection.delete"):
+-            pagure.lib.git.update_pull_ref(fake_pr, fork)
++        try:
++            with patch("pygit2.remote.RemoteCollection.delete"):
++                pagure.lib.git.update_pull_ref(fake_pr, fork)
++        except ImportError:
++            with patch("pygit2.remotes.RemoteCollection.delete"):
++                pagure.lib.git.update_pull_ref(fake_pr, fork)
+         self.assertIsNotNone(fork.remotes["pingou_1234567"])
+         tests.add_content_git_repo(projects[1], append="foobarbaz")
+         newesthex = fork.references["refs/heads/master"].peel().hex
diff --git a/pagure.changes b/pagure.changes
index c22e4fc..b915f55 100644
--- a/pagure.changes
+++ b/pagure.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Aug 17 11:28:25 UTC 2024 - Georg Pfuetzenreuter <mail+rpm@georg-pfuetzenreuter.net>
+
+- Add pagure-pygit2.patch to repair service startup on Leap 15.6 and Tumbleweed
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Jun  2 09:16:20 UTC 2024 - Dominik Wombacher <dominik@wombacher.cc>
 
diff --git a/pagure.spec b/pagure.spec
index 05cb967..045e95c 100644
--- a/pagure.spec
+++ b/pagure.spec
@@ -47,11 +47,11 @@ Source10:       pagure-README.SUSE
 Patch1000:      pagure-5.0-default-example-cfg.patch
 # PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM 5486.patch https://pagure.io/pagure/pull-request/5486 dominik@wombacher.cc -- Use '==' instead of 'is' in template if condition because to work with older Jinja2 versions. Edge case, avoid 'KeyError' after pagure update if a cached session is used.
 Patch1001:      5486.patch
-
+# PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM pagure-pygit2.patch -- PyGit2 renamed its files: https://github.com/libgit2/pygit2/commit/a8b2421bea55029296cc79ac7c1518b9885d8a6f
+Patch1002:      pagure-pygit2.patch
 
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
-
 BuildRequires:  apache2
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  nginx
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ Conflicts:      %{name}-theme-default
 Provides:       %{name}-theme-default
 Requires:       %{name}-theme-chameleon = %{version}-%{release}
 Enhances:       (%{name} and branding-openSUSE)
-Removepathpostfixes:.openSUSE
+Removepathpostfixes: .openSUSE
 
 %description        theme-default-openSUSE
 This package sets the default web interface assets used for