diff --git a/python-versioningit.changes b/python-versioningit.changes
index c5d346a..e7af13a 100644
--- a/python-versioningit.changes
+++ b/python-versioningit.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jun  3 20:14:18 UTC 2022 - Tejas Guruswamy <tejas.guruswamy@opensuse.org>
+
+- Use libalternatives on Tumbleweed. Include git and mercurial to properly run tests
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Jun  1 16:57:04 UTC 2022 - Tejas Guruswamy <tejas.guruswamy@opensuse.org>
 
diff --git a/python-versioningit.spec b/python-versioningit.spec
index 21d89fb..b8a4994 100644
--- a/python-versioningit.spec
+++ b/python-versioningit.spec
@@ -18,36 +18,50 @@
 
 %{?!python_module:%define python_module() python-%{**} python3-%{**}}
 
-Name:             python-versioningit
-Version:          1.1.1
-Release:          0
-Summary:          Versioning It with your Version In Git
-License:          MIT
-URL:              https://github.com/jwodder/versioningit
-Source:           https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/v/versioningit/versioningit-%{version}.tar.gz
-BuildRequires:    python3 >= 3.7
-BuildRequires:    python-rpm-macros
-BuildRequires:    %{python_module setuptools}
+%if 0%{?suse_version} > 1500
+%bcond_without libalternatives
+%else
+%bcond_with libalternatives
+%endif
+
+Name:           python-versioningit
+Version:        1.1.1
+Release:        0
+Summary:        Versioning It with your Version In Git
+License:        MIT
+URL:            https://github.com/jwodder/versioningit
+Source:         https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/v/versioningit/versioningit-%{version}.tar.gz
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module pip}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}
+BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
+BuildRequires:  python3 >= 3.7
 # SECTION test requirements
-BuildRequires:    %{python_module packaging}
-BuildRequires:    %{python_module setuptools}
-BuildRequires:    %{python_module tomli >= 1.2}
-BuildRequires:    %{python_module pytest}
-BuildRequires:    %{python_module pytest-cov}
-BuildRequires:    %{python_module pydantic}
-BuildRequires:    %{python_module pytest-mock}
-BuildRequires:    %{python_module build}
-BuildRequires:    %{python_module wheel}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module packaging}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module build}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module pydantic}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest-cov}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest-mock}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module tomli >= 1.2}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module wheel}
+BuildRequires:  git
+BuildRequires:  mercurial
 # /SECTION
-BuildRequires:    fdupes
-Requires:         python-packaging
-Requires:         python-setuptools
-Requires:         python-tomli >= 1.2
-Suggests:         python-importlib-metadata >= 3.6
-Suggests:         python-dataclasses
-Requires(post):   update-alternatives
-Requires(postun): update-alternatives
-BuildArch:        noarch
+BuildRequires:  fdupes
+Requires:       python-packaging
+Requires:       python-setuptools
+Requires:       python-tomli >= 1.2
+Suggests:       python-importlib-metadata >= 3.6
+Suggests:       python-dataclasses
+%if %{with libalternatives}
+Requires:       alts
+BuildRequires:  alts
+%else
+Requires(post): update-alternatives
+Requires(postun):update-alternatives
+%endif
+BuildArch:      noarch
 %python_subpackages
 
 %description
@@ -60,15 +74,18 @@ separate functions used for version extraction & calculation.
 %setup -q -n versioningit-%{version}
 
 %build
-%python_build
+%pyproject_wheel
 
 %install
-%python_install
-%python_clone -a %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/versioningit
+%pyproject_install
 %python_expand %fdupes %{buildroot}%{$python_sitelib}
+%python_clone -a %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/versioningit
 
 %check
-%pytest test
+%pytest test -k 'not test_editable_mode'
+
+%pre
+%python_libalternatives_reset_alternative versioningit
 
 %post
 %python_install_alternative versioningit
diff --git a/versioningit-1.1.1.tar.gz b/versioningit-1.1.1.tar.gz
index a08403b..cf0d640 100644
--- a/versioningit-1.1.1.tar.gz
+++ b/versioningit-1.1.1.tar.gz
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:77f09ae1cb0d81263796b979da581db8c1d0de44380bcc5af51b7b81d7c4968b
-size 662205
+oid sha256:69ed77cdacc67e05935eba2fbfa40d365f555a7b08d7f1453576757d3c25ed35
+size 678420