diff --git a/python-check-manifest.changes b/python-check-manifest.changes
index c0ffe10..8c33fb6 100644
--- a/python-check-manifest.changes
+++ b/python-check-manifest.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Nov 24 10:46:40 UTC 2022 - Daniel Garcia <daniel.garcia@suse.com>
+
+- Add "git config --global --add protocol.file.allow always" to fix tests,
+  based on https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1023597
+
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 Mon Sep 26 21:17:21 UTC 2022 - Yogalakshmi Arunachalam <yarunachalam@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-check-manifest.spec b/python-check-manifest.spec
index 77efa69..7c79b5a 100644
--- a/python-check-manifest.spec
+++ b/python-check-manifest.spec
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ skip='test_build_sdist or test_python_from_path'
 # E       TypeError: tuple indices must be integers or slices, not str
 skip="$skip or test_extra_ignore_args or test_ignore_bad_ideas_args"
 %endif
+# Fix tests https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1023597
+git config --global --add protocol.file.allow always
 %pytest -rs -k "not ($skip)"
 %endif