diff --git a/SQLAlchemy-0.7.10-SLES-drop-failing-tests.patch b/SQLAlchemy-0.7.10-SLES-drop-failing-tests.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 467fb51..0000000
--- a/SQLAlchemy-0.7.10-SLES-drop-failing-tests.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,119 +0,0 @@
-diff -ruN a/test/aaa_profiling/test_pool.py b/test/aaa_profiling/test_pool.py
---- a/test/aaa_profiling/test_pool.py	2013-02-08 01:10:48.000000000 +0100
-+++ b/test/aaa_profiling/test_pool.py	2013-08-01 15:36:55.984917877 +0200
-@@ -36,16 +36,6 @@
-     def test_first_connect(self):
-         conn = pool.connect()
- 
--    def test_second_connect(self):
--        conn = pool.connect()
--        conn.close()
--
--        @profiling.function_call_count()
--        def go():
--            conn2 = pool.connect()
--            return conn2
--        c2 = go()
--
-     def test_second_samethread_connect(self):
-         conn = pool.connect()
- 
-diff -ruN a/test/engine/test_execute.py b/test/engine/test_execute.py
---- a/test/engine/test_execute.py	2013-02-08 01:10:48.000000000 +0100
-+++ b/test/engine/test_execute.py	2013-08-01 15:38:02.992917771 +0200
-@@ -212,29 +212,6 @@
-         finally:
-             conn.close()
- 
--    def test_exception_wrapping_non_dbapi_statement(self):
--        class MyType(TypeDecorator):
--            impl = Integer
--            def process_bind_param(self, value, dialect):
--                raise Exception("nope")
--
--        def _go(conn):
--            assert_raises_message(
--                tsa.exc.StatementError,
--                r"nope \(original cause: Exception: nope\) 'SELECT 1 ",
--                conn.execute,
--                    select([1]).\
--                        where(
--                            column('foo') == literal('bar', MyType())
--                        )
--            )
--        _go(testing.db)
--        conn = testing.db.connect()
--        try:
--            _go(conn)
--        finally:
--            conn.close()
--
-     def test_stmt_exception_pickleable_no_dbapi(self):
-         self._test_stmt_exception_pickleable(Exception("hello world"))
- 
-@@ -582,33 +559,6 @@
-             "bound parameter sets ...  ('98',), ('99',)]"
-         )
- 
--    def test_error_large_dict(self):
--        assert_raises_message(
--            tsa.exc.DBAPIError,
--            r".*'INSERT INTO nonexistent \(data\) values \(:data\)' "
--            "\[{'data': '0'}, {'data': '1'}, {'data': '2'}, "
--            "{'data': '3'}, {'data': '4'}, {'data': '5'}, "
--            "{'data': '6'}, {'data': '7'}  ... displaying 10 of "
--            "100 total bound parameter sets ...  {'data': '98'}, {'data': '99'}\]",
--            lambda: self.eng.execute(
--                "INSERT INTO nonexistent (data) values (:data)",
--                [{"data":str(i)} for i in xrange(100)]
--            )
--        )
--
--    def test_error_large_list(self):
--        assert_raises_message(
--            tsa.exc.DBAPIError,
--            r".*INSERT INTO nonexistent \(data\) values "
--            "\(\?\)' \[\('0',\), \('1',\), \('2',\), \('3',\), "
--            "\('4',\), \('5',\), \('6',\), \('7',\)  ... displaying "
--            "10 of 100 total bound parameter sets ...  "
--            "\('98',\), \('99',\)\]",
--            lambda: self.eng.execute(
--                "INSERT INTO nonexistent (data) values (?)",
--                [(str(i), ) for i in xrange(100)]
--            )
--        )
- 
- class LoggingNameTest(fixtures.TestBase):
-     __requires__ = 'ad_hoc_engines',
-diff -ruN a/test/sql/test_query.py b/test/sql/test_query.py
---- a/test/sql/test_query.py	2013-02-08 01:10:49.000000000 +0100
-+++ b/test/sql/test_query.py	2013-08-01 15:38:26.272917734 +0200
-@@ -46,28 +46,6 @@
-         users.insert().execute(user_id = 7, user_name = 'jack')
-         assert users.count().scalar() == 1
- 
--    def test_insert_heterogeneous_params(self):
--        """test that executemany parameters are asserted to match the parameter set of the first."""
--
--        assert_raises_message(exc.StatementError,
--            r"A value is required for bind parameter 'user_name', in "
--            "parameter group 2 \(original cause: (sqlalchemy.exc.)?InvalidRequestError: A "
--            "value is required for bind parameter 'user_name', in "
--            "parameter group 2\) 'INSERT INTO query_users",
--            users.insert().execute,
--            {'user_id':7, 'user_name':'jack'},
--            {'user_id':8, 'user_name':'ed'},
--            {'user_id':9}
--        )
--
--        # this succeeds however.   We aren't yet doing
--        # a length check on all subsequent parameters.
--        users.insert().execute(
--            {'user_id':7},
--            {'user_id':8, 'user_name':'ed'},
--            {'user_id':9}
--        )
--
-     def test_update(self):
-         users.insert().execute(user_id = 7, user_name = 'jack')
-         assert users.count().scalar() == 1
diff --git a/SQLAlchemy-0.7.10.tar.gz b/SQLAlchemy-0.7.10.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index dd3c461..0000000
--- a/SQLAlchemy-0.7.10.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:77aa39d65c9d043eba6ba329b359ff867424fd6c403b7c0cb112b65e507e1d66
-size 3541639
diff --git a/SQLAlchemy-0.8.3.tar.gz b/SQLAlchemy-0.8.3.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65ada47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SQLAlchemy-0.8.3.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:80702cd95ade2d31d018e27accd4a75afb5b82e1b77b206c4ea463378c08197b
+size 3895285
diff --git a/python-SQLAlchemy.changes b/python-SQLAlchemy.changes
index 8df7924..2355947 100644
--- a/python-SQLAlchemy.changes
+++ b/python-SQLAlchemy.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Oct 30 16:27:24 UTC 2013 - speilicke@suse.com
+
+- Update to version 0.8.3:
+  + See http://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/latest/changelog/changelog_08.html#change-0.8.3
+- Drop outdated patches
+  + SQLAlchemy-0.7.10-SLES-drop-failing-tests.patch
+  + sqlalchemy-0.7-logging.patch
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Oct 24 11:15:08 UTC 2013 - speilicke@suse.com
 
diff --git a/python-SQLAlchemy.spec b/python-SQLAlchemy.spec
index 6ffff35..d036b23 100644
--- a/python-SQLAlchemy.spec
+++ b/python-SQLAlchemy.spec
@@ -17,21 +17,21 @@
 
 
 Name:           python-SQLAlchemy
-Version:        0.7.10
+Version:        0.8.3
 Release:        0
 Url:            http://www.sqlalchemy.org
 Summary:        Database Abstraction Library
 License:        MIT
 Group:          Development/Languages/Python
 Source0:        http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/S/SQLAlchemy/SQLAlchemy-%{version}.tar.gz
-Patch0:         sqlalchemy-0.7-logging.patch
 Patch1:         sqlalchemy-0.7-setup_test.patch
-Patch2:         SQLAlchemy-0.7.10-SLES-drop-failing-tests.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 BuildRequires:  python-devel
-BuildRequires:  python-nose
-BuildRequires:  python-pysqlite
 BuildRequires:  python-setuptools
+# Test requirements:
+BuildRequires:  python-mock
+BuildRequires:  python-nose >= 0.11
+#BuildRequires:  python-pysqlite
 Provides:       python-sqlalchemy = %{version}
 Obsoletes:      python-sqlalchemy < %{version}
 %if 0%{?suse_version} && 0%{?suse_version} <= 1110
@@ -63,14 +63,10 @@ reference for python-SQLAlchemy.
 %setup -q -n SQLAlchemy-%{version}
 rm -rf doc/build # Remove unnecessary scripts for building documentation
 sed -i 's/\r$//' examples/dynamic_dict/dynamic_dict.py
-%patch0
 %patch1
-%if 0%{?suse_version} && 0%{?suse_version} <= 1110
-%patch2 -p1
-%endif
 
 %build
-CFLAGS="%{optflags} -fno-strict-aliasing" python setup.py --with-cextensions build
+CFLAGS="%{optflags} -fno-strict-aliasing" python setup.py build
 
 %install
 python setup.py install --prefix=%{_prefix} --root=%{buildroot}
@@ -80,7 +76,7 @@ python setup.py test
 
 %files
 %defattr(-,root,root,-)
-%doc CHANGES CHANGES_PRE_06 LICENSE README.rst README.py3k README.unittests
+%doc CHANGES LICENSE README.rst README.py3k README.unittests.rst
 %{python_sitearch}/sqlalchemy/
 %{python_sitearch}/SQLAlchemy-%{version}-py%{py_ver}.egg-info
 
diff --git a/sqlalchemy-0.7-logging.patch b/sqlalchemy-0.7-logging.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index bd5beec..0000000
--- a/sqlalchemy-0.7-logging.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,116 +0,0 @@
-Some odd reason usual import logging doesn't work; matches import of other modules in test_execute.py
-diff -ur SQLAlchemy-0.7.9.orig/test/engine/test_execute.py SQLAlchemy-0.7.9/test/engine/test_execute.py
---- test/engine/test_execute.py	2012-10-02 06:33:29.000000000 +0800
-+++ test/engine/test_execute.py	2013-02-26 16:13:44.923958389 +0800
-@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
- import sqlalchemy as tsa
- from test.lib import testing, engines
- from test.lib.engines import testing_engine
--import logging
-+from logging import handlers, getLogger, DEBUG, INFO, WARN
- from sqlalchemy.dialects.oracle.zxjdbc import ReturningParam
- from sqlalchemy.engine import base, default
- from sqlalchemy.engine.base import Connection, Engine
-@@ -542,18 +542,18 @@
-     def setup(self):
-         self.eng = engines.testing_engine(options={'echo':True})
-         self.eng.execute("create table foo (data string)")
--        self.buf = logging.handlers.BufferingHandler(100)
-+        self.buf = handlers.BufferingHandler(100)
-         for log in [
--            logging.getLogger('sqlalchemy.engine'),
--            logging.getLogger('sqlalchemy.pool')
-+            getLogger('sqlalchemy.engine'),
-+            getLogger('sqlalchemy.pool')
-         ]:
-             log.addHandler(self.buf)
- 
-     def teardown(self):
-         self.eng.execute("drop table foo")
-         for log in [
--            logging.getLogger('sqlalchemy.engine'),
--            logging.getLogger('sqlalchemy.pool')
-+            getLogger('sqlalchemy.engine'),
-+            getLogger('sqlalchemy.pool')
-         ]:
-             log.removeHandler(self.buf)
- 
-@@ -646,17 +646,17 @@
-         return engines.testing_engine(options=kw)
- 
-     def setup(self):
--        self.buf = logging.handlers.BufferingHandler(100)
-+        self.buf = handlers.BufferingHandler(100)
-         for log in [
--            logging.getLogger('sqlalchemy.engine'),
--            logging.getLogger('sqlalchemy.pool')
-+            getLogger('sqlalchemy.engine'),
-+            getLogger('sqlalchemy.pool')
-         ]:
-             log.addHandler(self.buf)
- 
-     def teardown(self):
-         for log in [
--            logging.getLogger('sqlalchemy.engine'),
--            logging.getLogger('sqlalchemy.pool')
-+            getLogger('sqlalchemy.engine'),
-+            getLogger('sqlalchemy.pool')
-         ]:
-             log.removeHandler(self.buf)
- 
-@@ -703,14 +703,14 @@
-     __requires__ = 'ad_hoc_engines',
- 
-     def setup(self):
--        self.level = logging.getLogger('sqlalchemy.engine').level
--        logging.getLogger('sqlalchemy.engine').setLevel(logging.WARN)
--        self.buf = logging.handlers.BufferingHandler(100)
--        logging.getLogger('sqlalchemy.engine').addHandler(self.buf)
-+        self.level = getLogger('sqlalchemy.engine').level
-+        getLogger('sqlalchemy.engine').setLevel(WARN)
-+        self.buf = handlers.BufferingHandler(100)
-+        getLogger('sqlalchemy.engine').addHandler(self.buf)
- 
-     def teardown(self):
--        logging.getLogger('sqlalchemy.engine').removeHandler(self.buf)
--        logging.getLogger('sqlalchemy.engine').setLevel(self.level)
-+        getLogger('sqlalchemy.engine').removeHandler(self.buf)
-+        getLogger('sqlalchemy.engine').setLevel(self.level)
- 
-     def testing_engine(self):
-         e = engines.testing_engine()
-@@ -727,26 +727,26 @@
- 
-         eq_(e1._should_log_info(), False)
-         eq_(e1._should_log_debug(), False)
--        eq_(e1.logger.isEnabledFor(logging.INFO), False)
--        eq_(e1.logger.getEffectiveLevel(), logging.WARN)
-+        eq_(e1.logger.isEnabledFor(INFO), False)
-+        eq_(e1.logger.getEffectiveLevel(), WARN)
- 
-         e1.echo = True
-         eq_(e1._should_log_info(), True)
-         eq_(e1._should_log_debug(), False)
--        eq_(e1.logger.isEnabledFor(logging.INFO), True)
--        eq_(e1.logger.getEffectiveLevel(), logging.INFO)
-+        eq_(e1.logger.isEnabledFor(INFO), True)
-+        eq_(e1.logger.getEffectiveLevel(), INFO)
- 
-         e1.echo = 'debug'
-         eq_(e1._should_log_info(), True)
-         eq_(e1._should_log_debug(), True)
--        eq_(e1.logger.isEnabledFor(logging.DEBUG), True)
--        eq_(e1.logger.getEffectiveLevel(), logging.DEBUG)
-+        eq_(e1.logger.isEnabledFor(DEBUG), True)
-+        eq_(e1.logger.getEffectiveLevel(), DEBUG)
- 
-         e1.echo = False
-         eq_(e1._should_log_info(), False)
-         eq_(e1._should_log_debug(), False)
--        eq_(e1.logger.isEnabledFor(logging.INFO), False)
--        eq_(e1.logger.getEffectiveLevel(), logging.WARN)
-+        eq_(e1.logger.isEnabledFor(INFO), False)
-+        eq_(e1.logger.getEffectiveLevel(), WARN)
- 
-     def test_echo_flag_independence(self):
-         """test the echo flag's independence to a specific engine."""