diff --git a/python-alembic.changes b/python-alembic.changes
index 3f97861..b2ef422 100644
--- a/python-alembic.changes
+++ b/python-alembic.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Nov 14 13:59:58 UTC 2018 - Tomáš Chvátal <tchvatal@suse.com>
+
+- Do not require old pytest and simply execute the pytest binary
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Nov  1 22:51:27 UTC 2018 - Arun Persaud <arun@gmx.de>
 
diff --git a/python-alembic.spec b/python-alembic.spec
index ee18151..6407a70 100644
--- a/python-alembic.spec
+++ b/python-alembic.spec
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ Requires:       python-Mako
 Requires:       python-SQLAlchemy >= 0.9.0
 Requires:       python-python-dateutil
 Requires:       python-python-editor >= 0.3
-Requires(post): %{_sbindir}/update-alternatives
-Requires(postun): %{_sbindir}/update-alternatives
+Requires(post): update-alternatives
+Requires(postun): update-alternatives
 BuildArch:      noarch
 %python_subpackages
 
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ sed -i -e '1d' alembic/testing/runner.py
 %python_expand %fdupes %{buildroot}%{$python_sitelib}
 
 %check
-%python_exec setup.py test
+%python_expand PYTHONPATH=%{buildroot}%{$python_sitelib} py.test-%{$python_version}
 
 %post
 %python_install_alternative alembic