diff --git a/drop-pytest6-support.patch b/drop-pytest6-support.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6dc5571
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drop-pytest6-support.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+From 05a1e912fd9f257f30709c7b56dfeef3079e1408 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Hugo van Kemenade <1324225+hugovk@users.noreply.github.com>
+Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 14:58:47 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Drop support for pytest 6
+
+---
+ .github/workflows/build-and-test.yaml | 4 ++--
+ README.md                             | 2 +-
+ pyproject.toml                        | 2 +-
+ pytest_sugar.py                       | 6 +-----
+ setup.py                              | 2 +-
+ test_sugar.py                         | 8 ++------
+ tox.ini                               | 2 +-
+ 7 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
+
+Index: pytest-sugar-1.1.1/pytest_sugar.py
+===================================================================
+--- pytest-sugar-1.1.1.orig/pytest_sugar.py
++++ pytest-sugar-1.1.1/pytest_sugar.py
+@@ -287,12 +287,8 @@ class SugarTerminalReporter(TerminalRepo
+             ),
+             bold=True,
+         )
+-        if int(pytest.__version__.split(".")[0]) <= 6:
+-            hook_call_kwargs = {"startdir": self.startpath}
+-        else:
+-            hook_call_kwargs = {"start_path": self.startpath}
+         lines = self.config.hook.pytest_report_header(
+-            config=self.config, **hook_call_kwargs
++            config=self.config, start_path=self.startpath
+         )
+         lines.reverse()
+         for line in flatten(lines):
+Index: pytest-sugar-1.1.1/setup.py
+===================================================================
+--- pytest-sugar-1.1.1.orig/setup.py
++++ pytest-sugar-1.1.1/setup.py
+@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ setup(
+     zip_safe=False,
+     include_package_data=True,
+     platforms="any",
+-    install_requires=["pytest>=6.2.0", "termcolor>=2.1.0"],
++    install_requires=["pytest>=7", "termcolor>=2.1.0"],
+     extras_require={
+         "dev": [
+             "black",
+Index: pytest-sugar-1.1.1/test_sugar.py
+===================================================================
+--- pytest-sugar-1.1.1.orig/test_sugar.py
++++ pytest-sugar-1.1.1/test_sugar.py
+@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class TestTerminalReporter:
+     def test_report_header(self, testdir):
+         testdir.makeconftest(
+             """
+-            def pytest_report_header(startdir):
++            def pytest_report_header(start_path):
+                 pass
+             """
+         )
diff --git a/python-pytest-sugar.changes b/python-pytest-sugar.changes
index 002dfbd..61a889d 100644
--- a/python-pytest-sugar.changes
+++ b/python-pytest-sugar.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jan 21 10:40:25 UTC 2026 - Daniel Garcia <daniel.garcia@suse.com>
+
+- Make it compatible with pytest 9.0. Add upstream patch
+  drop-pytest6-support.patch, gh#Teemu/pytest-sugar@05a1e912fd9f
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Sep 14 18:27:57 UTC 2025 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-pytest-sugar.spec b/python-pytest-sugar.spec
index 16b6d9c..9317283 100644
--- a/python-pytest-sugar.spec
+++ b/python-pytest-sugar.spec
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ Summary:        Pretty printer for pytest progress
 License:        BSD-3-Clause
 URL:            https://github.com/Frozenball/pytest-sugar
 Source:         https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/p/pytest-sugar/pytest-sugar-%{version}.tar.gz
+# PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM: drop-pytest6-support.patch gh#Teemu/pytest-sugar@05a1e912fd9f
+Patch0:         drop-pytest6-support.patch
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pip}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}
@@ -40,7 +42,7 @@ BuildArch:      noarch
 pytest-sugar is a plugin for py.test that shows failures and errors instantly and shows a progress bar.
 
 %prep
-%setup -q -n pytest-sugar-%{version}
+%autosetup -p1 -n pytest-sugar-%{version}
 
 %build
 %pyproject_wheel