diff --git a/python-breathe.changes b/python-breathe.changes
index c7a13da..4c0a1a7 100644
--- a/python-breathe.changes
+++ b/python-breathe.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Jan 18 10:37:41 UTC 2025 - Matej Cepl <mcepl@cepl.eu>
+
+- Add support-sphinx-7.4.patch (gh#breathe-doc/breathe!1007)
+  fixing tests with Sphinx 7.4.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Jul 20 01:45:43 UTC 2024 - Matej Cepl <mcepl@cepl.eu>
 
diff --git a/python-breathe.spec b/python-breathe.spec
index 5e4d1f6..38bd048 100644
--- a/python-breathe.spec
+++ b/python-breathe.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-breathe
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2024 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2025 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 #
 
 
-%define modname breathe
 %{?sle15_python_module_pythons}
 Name:           python-breathe
 Version:        4.35.0
@@ -24,8 +23,11 @@ Release:        0
 Summary:        Sphinx Doxygen renderer
 License:        BSD-3-Clause
 URL:            https://github.com/michaeljones/breathe
-Source:         https://github.com/michaeljones/%{modname}/archive/v%{version}.tar.gz#/%{modname}-%{version}.tar.gz
+Source:         https://github.com/michaeljones/breathe/archive/v%{version}.tar.gz#/breathe-%{version}.tar.gz
 Patch0:         support-sphinx-7.2.patch
+# PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM support-sphinx-7.4.patch gh#breathe-doc/breathe!1007 mcepl@suse.com
+# fix the test suite
+Patch1:         support-sphinx-7.4.patch
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module Sphinx >= 4.0}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module docutils >= 0.12}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pip}
@@ -54,8 +56,7 @@ able to read and  render Doxygen xml output.
 %pyproject_wheel
 
 %check
-# Tests fail because of gh#breathe-doc/breathe#987
-# %%pytest
+%pytest
 
 %install
 %pyproject_install
@@ -73,6 +74,6 @@ able to read and  render Doxygen xml output.
 %license LICENSE
 %python_alternative %{_bindir}/breathe-apidoc
 %{python_sitelib}/breathe
-%{python_sitelib}/breathe-%{version}.dist-info
+%{python_sitelib}/breathe-%{version}*-info
 
 %changelog
diff --git a/support-sphinx-7.4.patch b/support-sphinx-7.4.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..90df397
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support-sphinx-7.4.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+From 44c113677bbb5c5292f6e69fb9f614334eedcb3e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: "Eric T. Johnson" <yut23@users.noreply.github.com>
+Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 11:49:54 -0500
+Subject: [PATCH] Fix tests for Sphinx 7.4 (#1007)
+
+---
+ breathe/file_state_cache.py |    2 ++
+ breathe/process.py          |    2 ++
+ tests/test_renderer.py      |    9 +++++----
+ 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
+
+--- a/breathe/file_state_cache.py
++++ b/breathe/file_state_cache.py
+@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
++from __future__ import annotations
++
+ from sphinx.application import Sphinx
+ from sphinx.environment import BuildEnvironment
+ 
+--- a/breathe/process.py
++++ b/breathe/process.py
+@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
++from __future__ import annotations
++
+ from breathe.project import AutoProjectInfo, ProjectInfoFactory
+ 
+ import os
+--- a/tests/test_renderer.py
++++ b/tests/test_renderer.py
+@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def app(test_params, app_params, make_ap
+     except AttributeError:
+         # old version of Sphinx
+         kwargs["srcdir"].makedirs(exist_ok=True)
+-    (kwargs["srcdir"] / "conf.py").write_text("")
++    (kwargs["srcdir"] / "conf.py").write_text("", encoding="ascii")
+     app_ = make_app(*args, **kwargs)
+     yield app_
+ 
+@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ class MockState:
+         env.temp_data["docname"] = "mock-doc"
+         env.temp_data["breathe_project_info_factory"] = ProjectInfoFactory(app)
+         env.temp_data["breathe_parser_factory"] = DoxygenParserFactory(app)
+-        settings = frontend.OptionParser(components=(parsers.rst.Parser,)).get_default_values()
++        settings = frontend.get_default_settings(parsers.rst.Parser)
+         settings.env = env
+         self.document = utils.new_document("", settings)
+ 
+@@ -172,13 +172,14 @@ class MockMaskFactory:
+ 
+ class MockContext:
+     def __init__(self, app, node_stack, domain=None, options=[]):
++        from docutils.statemachine import StringList
+         self.domain = domain
+         self.node_stack = node_stack
+         self.directive_args = [
+             None,  # name
+             None,  # arguments
+             options,  # options
+-            None,  # content
++            StringList([], items=[]),  # content
+             None,  # lineno
+             None,  # content_offset
+             None,  # block_text
+@@ -564,7 +565,7 @@ def get_matches(datafile):
+     from xml.dom import minidom
+ 
+     argsstrings = []
+-    with open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "data", datafile)) as fid:
++    with open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "data", datafile), encoding="utf-8") as fid:
+         xml = fid.read()
+     doc = minidom.parseString(xml)
+