diff --git a/python-requests.changes b/python-requests.changes
index 9ff191d..cc4ec1f 100644
--- a/python-requests.changes
+++ b/python-requests.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jul 22 07:57:59 UTC 2019 - Tomáš Chvátal <tchvatal@suse.com>
+
+- Hardcode pytest 3.x series as upstream even in git does not work
+  with newer versions (they pinned the release)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat May 25 08:41:20 UTC 2019 - Tomáš Chvátal <tchvatal@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-requests.spec b/python-requests.spec
index 39a3ec9..bb16bca 100644
--- a/python-requests.spec
+++ b/python-requests.spec
@@ -66,9 +66,9 @@ BuildRequires:  %{python_module PySocks >= 1.5.6}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module brotlipy}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module chardet >= 3.0.2}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module idna >= 2.5}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest < 4.0}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest-httpbin >= 0.0.7}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest-mock}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module requests >= %{version}}
 %endif
 %python_subpackages