diff --git a/python-cassandra-driver.changes b/python-cassandra-driver.changes
index eeaa840..bd0965e 100644
--- a/python-cassandra-driver.changes
+++ b/python-cassandra-driver.changes
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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 Thu Feb  8 09:38:13 UTC 2024 - Markéta Machová <mmachova@suse.com>
 
-- Require backport of the asyncore library on Python 3.12+
+- Fix tests on Python 3.12
 
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 Sun Jun 25 19:02:15 UTC 2023 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
diff --git a/python-cassandra-driver.spec b/python-cassandra-driver.spec
index 6586dc7..96d72e1 100644
--- a/python-cassandra-driver.spec
+++ b/python-cassandra-driver.spec
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ BuildRequires:  %{python_module eventlet}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module geomet >= 0.1}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module gevent}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pure-sasl}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module pyasyncore if %python-base > 3.11}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytz}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}
@@ -43,6 +42,7 @@ BuildRequires:  %{python_module sure}
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  libev-devel
 BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
+BuildRequires:  python312-pyasyncore
 Requires:       python-Cython
 Requires:       python-geomet >= 0.1
 Requires:       python-six >= 1.9
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ rm -rf tests/unit/cython
 rm -f tests/unit/test_types.py
 # fix hardcoded cython dep
 sed -i -e 's:Cython>=0.20,!=0.25,<0.29:Cython:g' setup.py
+# fix tests on Python 3.12
+sed -i 's/assertRaisesRegexp/assertRaisesRegex/' tests/unit/test_response_future.py
 
 %build
 export CFLAGS="%{optflags}"