diff --git a/no-six.patch b/no-six.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..59a4579
--- /dev/null
+++ b/no-six.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+Index: sseclient-0.0.27/sseclient.py
+===================================================================
+--- sseclient-0.0.27.orig/sseclient.py
++++ sseclient-0.0.27/sseclient.py
+@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ import codecs
+ import re
+ import time
+ import warnings
+-
+-import six
++import http.client
+ 
+ import requests
+ 
+@@ -94,7 +93,7 @@ class SSEClient(object):
+                     raise EOFError()
+                 self.buf += self.decoder.decode(next_chunk)
+ 
+-            except (StopIteration, requests.RequestException, EOFError, six.moves.http_client.IncompleteRead) as e:
++            except (StopIteration, requests.RequestException, EOFError, http.client.IncompleteRead) as e:
+                 print(e)
+                 time.sleep(self.retry / 1000.0)
+                 self._connect()
+@@ -122,16 +121,13 @@ class SSEClient(object):
+ 
+         return msg
+ 
+-    if six.PY2:
+-        next = __next__
+-
+ 
+ class Event(object):
+ 
+     sse_line_pattern = re.compile('(?P<name>[^:]*):?( ?(?P<value>.*))?')
+ 
+     def __init__(self, data='', event='message', id=None, retry=None):
+-        assert isinstance(data, six.string_types), "Data must be text"
++        assert isinstance(data, str), "Data must be text"
+         self.data = data
+         self.event = event
+         self.id = id
+Index: sseclient-0.0.27/test_sseclient.py
+===================================================================
+--- sseclient-0.0.27.orig/test_sseclient.py
++++ sseclient-0.0.27/test_sseclient.py
+@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ except ImportError:
+ 
+ import pytest
+ import requests
+-import six
+ from requests.cookies import RequestsCookieJar
+ 
+ import sseclient
+@@ -77,7 +76,7 @@ class FakeResponse(object):
+         self.status_code = status_code
+         self.encoding = encoding
+         self.apparent_encoding = "utf-8"
+-        if not isinstance(content, six.text_type):
++        if not isinstance(content, str):
+             content = content.decode("utf-8")
+         self.stream = content
+         self.headers = headers or None
+Index: sseclient-0.0.27/setup.py
+===================================================================
+--- sseclient-0.0.27.orig/setup.py
++++ sseclient-0.0.27/setup.py
+@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ setup(
+     author='Brent Tubbs',
+     author_email='brent.tubbs@gmail.com',
+     py_modules=['sseclient'],
+-    install_requires=['requests>=2.9', 'six'],
++    install_requires=['requests>=2.9'],
+     tests_require=['pytest', 'backports.unittest_mock'],
+     setup_requires=[] + pytest_runner,
+     description=(
+Index: sseclient-0.0.27/sseclient.egg-info/requires.txt
+===================================================================
+--- sseclient-0.0.27.orig/sseclient.egg-info/requires.txt
++++ sseclient-0.0.27/sseclient.egg-info/requires.txt
+@@ -1,2 +1 @@
+ requests>=2.9
+-six
diff --git a/python-sseclient.changes b/python-sseclient.changes
index d96439b..945a882 100644
--- a/python-sseclient.changes
+++ b/python-sseclient.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Mar  5 12:54:32 UTC 2024 - Markéta Machová <mmachova@suse.com>
+
+- Add patch no-six.patch to get rid of six dependency
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Mar  5 10:00:59 UTC 2024 - John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <adrian.glaubitz@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-sseclient.spec b/python-sseclient.spec
index bcb6d87..4a66b9c 100644
--- a/python-sseclient.spec
+++ b/python-sseclient.spec
@@ -26,10 +26,11 @@ Source:         https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/s/sseclient/ssecl
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pip}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module wheel}
-BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
+BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
+# PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM https://github.com/btubbs/sseclient/pull/64 drop six
+Patch:          no-six.patch
 Requires:       python-requests >= 2.9
-Requires:       python-six
 BuildArch:      noarch
 %python_subpackages
 
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ iterator over messages coming from the server.
 
 %prep
 %autosetup -p1 -n sseclient-%{version}
-sed -i 's|#!/usr/bin/env python|#!/usr/bin/python|g' sseclient.py
+sed -i 's|#!/usr/bin/env python|#!/usr/bin/python3|g' sseclient.py
 
 %build
 %pyproject_wheel