diff --git a/pycurl-7.43.0.5.tar.gz b/pycurl-7.43.0.5.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index c0b2a37..0000000
--- a/pycurl-7.43.0.5.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:ec7dd291545842295b7b56c12c90ffad2976cc7070c98d7b1517b7b6cd5994b3
-size 216877
diff --git a/pycurl-7.43.0.6.tar.gz b/pycurl-7.43.0.6.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6f63ad4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pycurl-7.43.0.6.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:8301518689daefa53726b59ded6b48f33751c383cf987b0ccfbbc4ed40281325
+size 222895
diff --git a/python-pycurl-7.43.0-tls-backend.patch b/python-pycurl-7.43.0-tls-backend.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index b4c2d04..0000000
--- a/python-pycurl-7.43.0-tls-backend.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-From 36dcccb94bef72a7c4cf6acf7479f18568e545bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Kamil Dudka <kdudka@redhat.com>
-Date: Tue, 2 May 2017 17:19:20 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] module: drop link-time vs. run-time TLS backend check
-
-This effectively reverts the following commit:
-8891398a31119ce7c872509ed60328926c51cdfb
-
-Bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1446850
----
- src/module.c | 20 +-------------------
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 19 deletions(-)
-
-Index: pycurl-7.43.0.5/src/module.c
-===================================================================
---- pycurl-7.43.0.5.orig/src/module.c
-+++ pycurl-7.43.0.5/src/module.c
-@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ initpycurl(void)
- {
-     PyObject *m, *d;
-     const curl_version_info_data *vi;
--    const char *libcurl_version, *runtime_ssl_lib;
-+    const char *libcurl_version;
-     size_t libcurl_version_len, pycurl_version_len;
-     PyObject *xio_module = NULL;
-     PyObject *collections_module = NULL;
-@@ -345,27 +345,6 @@ initpycurl(void)
-         goto error;
-     }
- 
--    /* Our compiled crypto locks should correspond to runtime ssl library. */
--    if (vi->ssl_version == NULL) {
--        runtime_ssl_lib = "none/other";
--    } else if (!strncmp(vi->ssl_version, "OpenSSL/", 8) || !strncmp(vi->ssl_version, "LibreSSL/", 9) ||
--               !strncmp(vi->ssl_version, "BoringSSL", 9)) {
--        runtime_ssl_lib = "openssl";
--    } else if (!strncmp(vi->ssl_version, "wolfSSL/", 8)) {
--        runtime_ssl_lib = "wolfssl";
--    } else if (!strncmp(vi->ssl_version, "GnuTLS/", 7)) {
--        runtime_ssl_lib = "gnutls";
--    } else if (!strncmp(vi->ssl_version, "NSS/", 4)) {
--        runtime_ssl_lib = "nss";
--    } else if (!strncmp(vi->ssl_version, "mbedTLS/", 8)) {
--        runtime_ssl_lib = "mbedtls";
--    } else {
--        runtime_ssl_lib = "none/other";
--    }
--    if (strcmp(runtime_ssl_lib, COMPILE_SSL_LIB)) {
--        PyErr_Format(PyExc_ImportError, "pycurl: libcurl link-time ssl backend (%s) is different from compile-time ssl backend (%s)", runtime_ssl_lib, COMPILE_SSL_LIB);
--        goto error;
--    }
- 
-     /* Initialize the type of the new type objects here; doing it here
-      * is required for portability to Windows without requiring C++. */
diff --git a/python-pycurl.changes b/python-pycurl.changes
index 92c75d6..2fa43a1 100644
--- a/python-pycurl.changes
+++ b/python-pycurl.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,22 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jan 28 23:06:36 UTC 2021 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- update to 7.43.0.6:
+  * Fixed offset parameter usage in seek callback
+  * Added support for libcurl SSL backend detection via
+    `curl-config --ssl-backends`
+  * Added support for libcurl MultiSSL
+  * Added ability to unset CURLOPT_PROXY.
+  * Added support for CURLOPT_UPLOAD_BUFFERSIZE
+  * Added support for CURLOPT_MAXAGE_CONN
+  * Added support for sharing connection cache in libcurl
+  * Added support for CURLOPT_HAPROXYPROTOCOL
+  * CC and CFLAGS environment variables are now respected when building
+  * Fixed OpenSSL detection on CentOS 7 and 8
+  * surrogateescape error handler is used in multi_info_read to handle
+    invalid UTF-8.
+- drop python-pycurl-7.43.0-tls-backend.patch (upstream)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Dec 15 12:56:23 UTC 2020 - Matej Cepl <mcepl@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-pycurl.spec b/python-pycurl.spec
index 1f27a76..50330d4 100644
--- a/python-pycurl.spec
+++ b/python-pycurl.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-pycurl
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2020 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2021 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 %bcond_with test
 %endif
 Name:           python-pycurl%{psuffix}
-Version:        7.43.0.5
+Version:        7.43.0.6
 Release:        0
 Summary:        PycURL -- cURL library module
 License:        LGPL-2.1-or-later AND MIT
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ Source:         https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/p/pycurl/pycurl-%
 Patch0:         increase_test_timeout.diff
 # PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM handle difference between libssh and libssh2
 Patch1:         pycurl-libssh.patch
-# PATCH-FIX-OPENSUSE python-pycurl-7.43.0-tls-backend.patch -- do not run runtime tests to compare linked libs
-Patch2:         python-pycurl-7.43.0-tls-backend.patch
 Patch3:         disable_randomly_failing_tests.patch
 # PATCH-FEATURE-UPSTREAM remove_nose.patch gh#pycurl/pycurl#655 mcepl@suse.com
 # remove dependency on nose