diff --git a/python-jirafs.changes b/python-jirafs.changes
index 0ebe699..d716b84 100644
--- a/python-jirafs.changes
+++ b/python-jirafs.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Mar 14 09:49:45 UTC 2024 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- skip python39 due to ipdb removal on 3.9
+
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 Wed Jan 24 01:32:26 UTC 2024 - Steve Kowalik <steven.kowalik@suse.com>
 
@@ -7,7 +12,7 @@ Wed Jan 24 01:32:26 UTC 2024 - Steve Kowalik <steven.kowalik@suse.com>
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 Fri Jan 12 02:16:58 UTC 2024 - Steve Kowalik <steven.kowalik@suse.com>
 
-- Refresh remove-mock.patch from upstream to also support Python 3.12. 
+- Refresh remove-mock.patch from upstream to also support Python 3.12.
 
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 Fri Jun  2 06:06:23 UTC 2023 - Steve Kowalik <steven.kowalik@suse.com>
@@ -28,12 +33,12 @@ Tue Mar  1 10:19:43 UTC 2022 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
 - update to 2.3.0:
   * updates to the latest version of 'jira' plugin.
     Should now be directly-installable from pypi.
-  * Reformats repository using 'black' 
+  * Reformats repository using 'black'
 
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 Thu Jan 28 04:14:26 UTC 2021 - Steve Kowalik <steven.kowalik@suse.com>
 
-- Use python_alternative for the jirafs script. 
+- Use python_alternative for the jirafs script.
 
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 Tue Nov 24 00:50:36 UTC 2020 - John Vandenberg <jayvdb@gmail.com>
@@ -91,7 +96,7 @@ Fri Jan  3 01:53:39 UTC 2020 - Todd R <toddrme2178@gmail.com>
   * Adding better error messages for incorrectly-subclassed loaded plugins.
   * Updating LICENSE year range.
 - Drop python2 support due to dependency dropping python2
-  
+
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 Thu Mar 28 10:15:52 UTC 2019 - Tomáš Chvátal <tchvatal@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-jirafs.spec b/python-jirafs.spec
index 8338a00..1321f20 100644
--- a/python-jirafs.spec
+++ b/python-jirafs.spec
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@
 #
 
 
-%define         skip_python2 1
+%{?sle15_python_module_pythons}
+# missing ipdb
+%global skip_python39 1
 Name:           python-jirafs
 Version:        2.3.1
 Release:        0