diff --git a/python-pbr.changes b/python-pbr.changes
index 7d871d2..23718f1 100644
--- a/python-pbr.changes
+++ b/python-pbr.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Mar 19 10:07:37 UTC 2020 - Tomáš Chvátal <tchvatal@suse.com>
+
+- Skip temporarily test_requirement_parsing as it requires
+  old virtualenv 16 package, the 20.x changed api and the tests
+  infrastructure would need rewrite
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Feb 28 21:58:24 UTC 2020 - Dirk Mueller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-pbr.spec b/python-pbr.spec
index f3e1d8d..0735400 100644
--- a/python-pbr.spec
+++ b/python-pbr.spec
@@ -82,13 +82,14 @@ sed -i '/coverage/d;/hacking/d' test-requirements.txt
 %if %{with test}
 %check
 export OS_TEST_TIMEOUT=60
-%python_exec -m stestr run
+# test_requirement_parsing - syntax based on old virtualenv
+%python_exec -m stestr run --black-regex 'test_requirement_parsing'
 %endif
 
 %if !%{with test}
 %install
 %python_install
-%python_expand rm -rf  %{buildroot}%{$python_sitelib}/pbr/tests
+%python_expand rm -r  %{buildroot}%{$python_sitelib}/pbr/tests
 %python_clone -a %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/pbr
 
 %python_expand %fdupes %{buildroot}%{$python_sitelib}