diff --git a/execnet-1.6.0.tar.gz b/execnet-1.6.0.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 80d5c79..0000000
--- a/execnet-1.6.0.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:752a3786f17416d491f833a29217dda3ea4a471fc5269c492eebcee8cc4772d3
-size 169744
diff --git a/execnet-1.6.1.tar.gz b/execnet-1.6.1.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2027c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/execnet-1.6.1.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:dfd10a5663f94d1235e6fbee86bc53e2f89b6f15e031e7e6d9e4bb345bcd7e52
+size 165813
diff --git a/python-execnet.changes b/python-execnet.changes
index edbddd9..168a54b 100644
--- a/python-execnet.changes
+++ b/python-execnet.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,21 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jul 24 08:57:00 UTC 2019 - Tomáš Chvátal <tchvatal@suse.com>
+
+- Update to 1.6.1:
+  * Internal change to avoid using deprecated funcargs name in pytest 5+.
+- Obsoletes pytest4.patch
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jul 19 09:14:51 UTC 2019 - Tomáš Chvátal <tchvatal@suse.com>
+
+- Add patch to play with new pytest rather than restricting:
+  * pytest4.patch
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jul 18 08:47:00 UTC 2019 - Ondřej Súkup <mimi.vx@gmail.com>
+
+- use pytest4 to run testsuite, pytest-5 for testsuite isn't supported
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Apr  1 08:31:46 UTC 2019 - Tomáš Chvátal <tchvatal@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-execnet.spec b/python-execnet.spec
index 06b21cb..cea3430 100644
--- a/python-execnet.spec
+++ b/python-execnet.spec
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 %{?!python_module:%define python_module() python-%{**} python3-%{**}}
 Name:           python-execnet
-Version:        1.6.0
+Version:        1.6.1
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Rapid multi-Python deployment
 License:        MIT
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ Group:          Development/Libraries/Python
 URL:            https://github.com/pytest-dev/execnet
 Source0:        https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/e/execnet/execnet-%{version}.tar.gz
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module apipkg}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module base}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools_scm}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
+BuildRequires:  procps
 BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
 Requires:       python-apipkg
 BuildArch:      noarch
@@ -58,10 +58,10 @@ sed -i "1d" execnet/script/shell.py execnet/script/socketserver.py
 
 %install
 %python_install
-%python_expand %fdupes -s %{buildroot}%{$python_sitelib}
+%python_expand %fdupes %{buildroot}%{$python_sitelib}
 
 %check
-%python_expand PYTHONPATH=build/lib py.test-%{$python_version} -r s -k"-test_gateway" testing
+%pytest -r s -k"not test_gateway" testing
 
 %files %{python_files}
 %license LICENSE