diff --git a/python-jedi.changes b/python-jedi.changes
index ef2bc1c..a948f19 100644
--- a/python-jedi.changes
+++ b/python-jedi.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Aug 27 11:04:42 UTC 2020 - Benjamin Greiner <code@bnavigator.de>
+
+- Exclude pytest 6 gh#davidhalter/jedi#1660
+
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 Fri Jul 17 21:43:14 UTC 2020 - Benjamin Greiner <code@bnavigator.de>
 
diff --git a/python-jedi.spec b/python-jedi.spec
index 560b6cd..e9d860e 100644
--- a/python-jedi.spec
+++ b/python-jedi.spec
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ URL:            https://github.com/davidhalter/jedi
 Source0:        https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/j/jedi/jedi-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1:        %{name}-rpmlintrc
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module parso >= 0.7.0}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest}
+# need pytest 5 https://github.com/davidhalter/jedi/issues/1660
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest < 6.0.0}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module typing}
 BuildRequires:  fdupes