diff --git a/gh139257-Support-docutils-0.22.patch b/gh139257-Support-docutils-0.22.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cd9fc15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gh139257-Support-docutils-0.22.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+From 19b61747df3d62c822285c488753d6fbdf91e3ac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Daniel Garcia Moreno <daniel.garcia@suse.com>
+Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2025 10:20:16 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH 1/2] gh-139257: Support docutils >= 0.22
+
+---
+ Doc/tools/extensions/pyspecific.py |   12 +++++++++++-
+ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+Index: Python-3.9.23/Doc/tools/extensions/pyspecific.py
+===================================================================
+--- Python-3.9.23.orig/Doc/tools/extensions/pyspecific.py	2025-09-30 18:26:26.712969300 +0200
++++ Python-3.9.23/Doc/tools/extensions/pyspecific.py	2025-09-30 18:26:26.763263890 +0200
+@@ -55,11 +55,21 @@
+ SOURCE_URI = 'https://github.com/python/cpython/tree/3.9/%s'
+ 
+ # monkey-patch reST parser to disable alphabetic and roman enumerated lists
++def _disable_alphabetic_and_roman(text):
++    try:
++        # docutils >= 0.22
++        from docutils.parsers.rst.states import InvalidRomanNumeralError
++        raise InvalidRomanNumeralError(text)
++    except ImportError:
++        # docutils < 0.22
++        return None
++
++
+ from docutils.parsers.rst.states import Body
+ Body.enum.converters['loweralpha'] = \
+     Body.enum.converters['upperalpha'] = \
+     Body.enum.converters['lowerroman'] = \
+-    Body.enum.converters['upperroman'] = lambda x: None
++    Body.enum.converters['upperroman'] = _disable_alphabetic_and_roman
+ 
+ 
+ # Support for marking up and linking to bugs.python.org issues
diff --git a/python39.changes b/python39.changes
index e1afe83..cd9ee44 100644
--- a/python39.changes
+++ b/python39.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Sep 29 06:52:07 UTC 2025 - Daniel Garcia <daniel.garcia@suse.com>
+
+- Add gh139257-Support-docutils-0.22.patch to fix build with latest
+  docutils (>=0.22) gh#python/cpython#139257
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Aug  1 20:09:24 UTC 2025 - Matej Cepl <mcepl@cepl.eu>
 
diff --git a/python39.spec b/python39.spec
index 771c16b..1c30506 100644
--- a/python39.spec
+++ b/python39.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python39
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2025 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2025 SUSE LLC and contributors
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -198,6 +198,8 @@ Patch52:        CVE-2025-6069-quad-complex-HTMLParser.patch
 # PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM CVE-2025-8194-tarfile-no-neg-offsets.patch bsc#1247249 mcepl@suse.com
 # tarfile now validates archives to ensure member offsets are non-negative
 Patch53:        CVE-2025-8194-tarfile-no-neg-offsets.patch
+# PATCH-FIX-OPENSUSE gh139257-Support-docutils-0.22.patch gh#python/cpython#139257 daniel.garcia@suse.com
+Patch54:        gh139257-Support-docutils-0.22.patch
 BuildRequires:  autoconf-archive
 BuildRequires:  automake
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
@@ -471,6 +473,7 @@ other applications.
 %patch -p1 -P 51
 %patch -p1 -P 52
 %patch -p1 -P 53
+%patch -p1 -P 54
 
 # drop Autoconf version requirement
 sed -i 's/^AC_PREREQ/dnl AC_PREREQ/' configure.ac