diff --git a/python-pyarrow.changes b/python-pyarrow.changes
index 22c468a..4bd45fd 100644
--- a/python-pyarrow.changes
+++ b/python-pyarrow.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Mar 29 13:25:55 UTC 2023 - Ben Greiner <code@bnavigator.de>
+
+- Fix tests expecting the jemalloc backend which was disabled in
+  the apache-arrow package
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Mar 12 05:31:32 UTC 2023 - Ben Greiner <code@bnavigator.de>
 
diff --git a/python-pyarrow.spec b/python-pyarrow.spec
index a23f8a3..db56253 100644
--- a/python-pyarrow.spec
+++ b/python-pyarrow.spec
@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ platlib for consuming modules using cythonization.
 %prep
 %setup -q -n pyarrow-%{version}
 cp %{SOURCE10} %{SOURCE11} ./
+# we disabled the jemalloc backend in apache-arrow
+sed -i 's/should_have_jemalloc = sys.platform == "linux"/should_have_jemalloc = False/' pyarrow/tests/test_memory.py
 
 %build
 export CFLAGS="%{optflags}"