diff --git a/python-Babel.changes b/python-Babel.changes
index 4e3e8f9..5a9e80d 100644
--- a/python-Babel.changes
+++ b/python-Babel.changes
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ Mon Sep 30 09:00:12 UTC 2013 - speilicke@suse.com
 - Properly build (and install) HTML documentation
 
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+Mon Sep 30 08:30:30 UTC 2013 - dmueller@suse.com
+
+- make tests happy on openSUSE_12.2 (too old pytests)
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Sep 27 19:59:09 UTC 2013 - dmueller@suse.com
 
 - update to 1.3.0:
diff --git a/python-Babel.spec b/python-Babel.spec
index ec50a95..3e90acd 100644
--- a/python-Babel.spec
+++ b/python-Babel.spec
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ BuildRequires:  python-setuptools
 # Documentation requirements:
 BuildRequires:  python-Sphinx
 # Test requirements:
-BuildRequires:  python-pytest
+BuildRequires:  python-py >= 1.4.14
+BuildRequires:  python-pytest >= 2.3.5
 BuildRequires:  python-pytz
 Requires:       python-pytz
 Requires(post): update-alternatives