diff --git a/python-dogpile.cache.changes b/python-dogpile.cache.changes
index 22a57ff..1e2bdee 100644
--- a/python-dogpile.cache.changes
+++ b/python-dogpile.cache.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Mar 10 15:18:25 UTC 2021 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- fix build for older distributions with old default-pytest 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Jan 24 18:40:18 UTC 2021 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-dogpile.cache.spec b/python-dogpile.cache.spec
index d95e574..82a3b95 100644
--- a/python-dogpile.cache.spec
+++ b/python-dogpile.cache.spec
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ BuildRequires:  %{python_module Mako}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module dbm}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module decorator >= 4.0.0}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module mock}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest >= 5}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}
 BuildRequires:  python3-stevedore
 Requires:       python-decorator >= 4.0.0