diff --git a/chartify-pr170-pd.melt-kwarg.patch b/chartify-pr170-pd.melt-kwarg.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b012cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chartify-pr170-pd.melt-kwarg.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+From 3175de56d20de1bfa537e315e3c12883edf58954 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Ben Greiner <code@bnavigator.de>
+Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2024 20:27:04 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Fix example: pd.melt(var_name=scalar)
+
+---
+ chartify/examples.py | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/chartify/examples.py b/chartify/examples.py
+index 430e5e4..291ef77 100644
+--- a/chartify/examples.py
++++ b/chartify/examples.py
+@@ -1268,7 +1268,7 @@ def style_color_palette_sequential():
+         id_vars=["time"],
+         value_vars=data.columns[1:],
+         value_name="y",
+-        var_name=["grouping"],
++        var_name="grouping",
+     )
+ 
+     # Plot the data
+
+From b1b50c2b8bbf989f6112669b3ad9a0e8ea94b1d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Ben Greiner <code@bnavigator.de>
+Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2024 20:35:27 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Another instance
+
+---
+ chartify/examples.py | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/chartify/examples.py b/chartify/examples.py
+index 291ef77..e0a7801 100644
+--- a/chartify/examples.py
++++ b/chartify/examples.py
+@@ -1306,7 +1306,7 @@ def style_color_palette_diverging():
+         id_vars=["time"],
+         value_vars=data.columns[1:],
+         value_name="y",
+-        var_name=["grouping"],
++        var_name="grouping",
+     )
+ 
+     # Plot the data
diff --git a/python-chartify.changes b/python-chartify.changes
index a8cddfa..b41f90b 100644
--- a/python-chartify.changes
+++ b/python-chartify.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Mar  5 19:22:00 UTC 2024 - Ben Greiner <code@bnavigator.de>
+
+- Skip python39: no longer supported since ipython 8.19
+- Add chartify-pr170-pd.melt-kwarg.patch gh#spotify/chartify#170
+- Build PEP517 wheel, clean some obsolete pinning edits
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Nov 10 12:23:33 UTC 2023 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-chartify.spec b/python-chartify.spec
index c130faf..7d76b36 100644
--- a/python-chartify.spec
+++ b/python-chartify.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-chartify
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2023 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2024 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 
 %{?sle15_python_module_pythons}
+%define skip_python39 1
 Name:           python-chartify
 Version:        4.0.5
 Release:        0
@@ -24,7 +25,11 @@ Summary:        Python library for plotting charts
 License:        Apache-2.0
 URL:            https://github.com/spotify/chartify
 Source:         https://github.com/spotify/chartify/archive/%{version}.tar.gz#/chartify-%{version}.tar.gz
+# PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM chartify-pr170-pd.melt-kwarg.patch gh#spotify/chartify#170
+Patch0:         chartify-pr170-pd.melt-kwarg.patch
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module pip}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module wheel}
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
 BuildArch:      noarch
@@ -32,11 +37,11 @@ BuildArch:      noarch
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module Jinja2}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module Pillow >= 8.4.0}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module bokeh >= 3.0.0}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module ipykernel >= 5.0}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module ipython >= 7.0}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module ipykernel}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module ipython}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pandas}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module scipy >= 1.0.0 with %python-scipy < 2}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module scipy >= 1.0.0}
 # ignoring https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/issues/5296
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module selenium >= 3.7.0}
 # /SECTION
@@ -47,21 +52,20 @@ BuildRequires:  %{python_module selenium >= 3.7.0}
 Chartify is a Python library for creating charts.
 
 %prep
-%setup -q -n chartify-%{version}
+%autosetup -p1 -n chartify-%{version}
 rm tox.ini
 # unpin selenium (see comment above)
 # unpin Jinja2 (see release notes), but keep a pinning char for the check in setup.py
 sed -i \
   -e '/selenium/ s/,<=3.8.0//' \
-  -e '/pandas/ s/,<2.0.0//' \
   -e '/Jinja2/ s/<3.1.0/>1/' \
   requirements.txt
 
 %build
-%python_build
+%pyproject_wheel
 
 %install
-%python_install
+%pyproject_install
 %python_expand %fdupes %{buildroot}%{$python_sitelib}
 
 %check
@@ -71,6 +75,6 @@ sed -i \
 %doc AUTHORS.rst README.rst
 %license LICENSE
 %{python_sitelib}/chartify
-%{python_sitelib}/chartify-%{version}*-info
+%{python_sitelib}/chartify-%{version}.dist-info
 
 %changelog