diff --git a/python-CherryPy.changes b/python-CherryPy.changes
index 56ef9bc..f1fec79 100644
--- a/python-CherryPy.changes
+++ b/python-CherryPy.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu May 16 18:12:19 UTC 2019 - Guang Yee <gyee@suse.com>
+
+- Disable test_wait_publishes_periodically test as it is unstable and
+  highly time sensitive. 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Mar 28 14:03:13 UTC 2019 - Tomáš Chvátal <tchvatal@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-CherryPy.spec b/python-CherryPy.spec
index b96e78c..4d0e49d 100644
--- a/python-CherryPy.spec
+++ b/python-CherryPy.spec
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ sed -i -e '/addopts/d' pytest.ini
 %python_clone -a %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/cherryd
 
 %check
-%python_expand PYTHONPATH=%{buildroot}%{$python_sitelib} py.test-%{$python_bin_suffix} -v
+%pytest -k 'not test_wait_publishes_periodically'
 
 %post
 %python_install_alternative cherryd