diff --git a/python-WebTest.changes b/python-WebTest.changes
index 40aabd7..97f8c0d 100644
--- a/python-WebTest.changes
+++ b/python-WebTest.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed May  3 11:41:12 UTC 2023 - Martin Liška <mliska@suse.cz>
+
+- Do not depend on pkg_resources.get_distribution and build_sphinx
+  that is gone in Sphinx 7.0 (boo#1211051).
+- Add sphinx-7-fix.patch patch.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Aug 18 15:21:41 UTC 2022 - Ben Greiner <code@bnavigator.de>
 
diff --git a/python-WebTest.spec b/python-WebTest.spec
index 6ee3115..d1b64b9 100644
--- a/python-WebTest.spec
+++ b/python-WebTest.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-WebTest
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2022 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2023 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ License:        MIT
 Group:          Development/Languages/Python
 URL:            https://docs.pylonsproject.org/projects/webtest/
 Source:         https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/W/WebTest/WebTest-%{version}.tar.gz
+Patch0:         sphinx-7-fix.patch
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module PasteDeploy}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module WSGIProxy2}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module WebOb >= 1.2}
@@ -63,10 +64,11 @@ This package contains documentation files for %{name}.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n WebTest-%{version}
+%patch0 -p1
 
 %build
 %python_build
-python3 setup.py build_sphinx && rm build/sphinx/html/.buildinfo
+sphinx-build -b html docs build/sphinx/html && rm build/sphinx/html/.buildinfo
 
 %install
 %python_install
diff --git a/sphinx-7-fix.patch b/sphinx-7-fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb1d9af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sphinx-7-fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
+index 96746bf..fed362e 100644
+--- a/docs/conf.py
++++ b/docs/conf.py
+@@ -59,9 +59,11 @@ copyright = '2012-%s, Ian Bicking' % thisyear
+ # The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
+ # |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
+ # built documents.
+-import pkg_resources
+-version = pkg_resources.get_distribution(project).version
+-release = version
++import pathlib
++lines = (pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.parent / 'PKG-INFO').open().readlines()
++line = lines[2]
++assert line.startswith('Version: ')
++release = line.split(':')[1].strip()
+ 
+ # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
+ # for a list of supported languages.