diff --git a/5711.patch b/5711.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0440137
--- /dev/null
+++ b/5711.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+From 9484e13c7da927119fe82794bb5571cec144b6d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Naor Livne <naorlivne@gmail.com>
+Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2021 14:31:14 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH 1/2] bump idna has version 3.0 was released
+
+---
+ setup.py | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
+index 7ba4b2a25f..f265384236 100755
+--- a/setup.py
++++ b/setup.py
+@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def run_tests(self):
+ 
+ requires = [
+     'chardet>=3.0.2,<5',
+-    'idna>=2.5,<3',
++    'idna>=2.5,<4',
+     'urllib3>=1.21.1,<1.27',
+     'certifi>=2017.4.17'
+ 
+
+From d3e00a4958af046879f24de365d5589d861ea6ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Naor Livne <naorlivne@gmail.com>
+Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2021 16:31:15 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update setup.py
+MIME-Version: 1.0
+Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
+
+Co-authored-by: Mickaël Schoentgen <contact@tiger-222.fr>
+---
+ setup.py | 3 ++-
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
+index f265384236..5ce59e621d 100755
+--- a/setup.py
++++ b/setup.py
+@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ def run_tests(self):
+ 
+ requires = [
+     'chardet>=3.0.2,<5',
+-    'idna>=2.5,<4',
++    'idna>=2.5,<3 ; python_version < "3"',
++    'idna>=2.5,<4 ; python_version >= "3"',
+     'urllib3>=1.21.1,<1.27',
+     'certifi>=2017.4.17'
+ 
diff --git a/python-requests.changes b/python-requests.changes
index f1b740c..4c57cd3 100644
--- a/python-requests.changes
+++ b/python-requests.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Feb  4 10:32:14 UTC 2021 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- add 5711.patch from upstream instead to remove idna<3 pin 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Feb  3 14:04:52 UTC 2021 - Ben Greiner <code@bnavigator.de>
 
diff --git a/python-requests.spec b/python-requests.spec
index 1ab9d43..ae5d238 100644
--- a/python-requests.spec
+++ b/python-requests.spec
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ URL:            http://python-requests.org/
 Source:         https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/r/requests/requests-%{version}.tar.gz
 # PATCH-FIX-SUSE: do not hardcode versions in setup.py/requirements
 Patch0:         requests-no-hardcoded-version.patch
+# PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM
+Patch1:         https://patch-diff.githubusercontent.com/raw/psf/requests/pull/5711.patch
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
@@ -104,11 +106,6 @@ sed -i "s#\(httpbin.*\), 'never'#\1#" tests/test_requests.py
 %install
 %if !%{with test}
 %python_install
-%{python_expand # don't pin to idna<3 for python3, because many package installers check this and fail with newer idna
-if [ ! 0%{$python_version_nodots} -lt 30 ]; then
-  sed -i -E 's/idna<3,?/idna/' %{buildroot}%{$python_sitelib}/requests-%{version}*-info/requires.txt
-fi
-}
 # check that urllib3 is not installed
 test ! -e %{buildroot}%{python3_sitelib}/requests/packages/urllib3
 %python_expand %fdupes %{buildroot}%{$python_sitelib}