diff --git a/python-stestr.changes b/python-stestr.changes
index 6af55bf..18d98f2 100644
--- a/python-stestr.changes
+++ b/python-stestr.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,28 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Aug  5 11:06:42 UTC 2025 - John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <adrian.glaubitz@suse.com>
+
+- Update to 4.2.0
+  * Bugfix: make repo initialization respect pyproject.toml
+  * Test on Python 3.12
+  * Disable checks failure on coverage
+  * Pivot PyPI publishing to use trusted publishers
+  * Update package metadata for support Python versions
+  * Remove Python 3.7 support
+  * Bump codecov action version
+  * Remove dependency on the extras library
+  * Normalize paths
+  * Adapt to tox 4
+  * Update upload-artifact action in CI
+  * Update black to the latest version
+  * Mark Python 3.13 as supported too
+  * Adjust rst syntax in README
+  * Modernize Python packaging
+  * Update release job to work with new packaging structure
+- Add support for libalternatives
+- Remove ChangeLog from %files section
+- Update BuildRequires from pyproject.toml
+- Use Python 3.11 on SLE-15 by default
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Jan  4 23:06:52 UTC 2024 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-stestr.spec b/python-stestr.spec
index 7488830..55e5c50 100644
--- a/python-stestr.spec
+++ b/python-stestr.spec
@@ -24,19 +24,35 @@
 %define psuffix %{nil}
 %bcond_with test
 %endif
+
+%if 0%{?suse_version} > 1500
+%bcond_without libalternatives
+%else
+%bcond_with libalternatives
+%endif
+
+%{?sle15_python_module_pythons}
 Name:           python-stestr%{psuffix}
-Version:        4.1.0
+Version:        4.2.0
 Release:        0
 Summary:        A parallel Python test runner built around subunit
 License:        Apache-2.0
 URL:            https://github.com/mtreinish/stestr
 Source:         https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/s/stestr/stestr-%{version}.tar.gz
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module flit-core}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pbr >= 2.0.0}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pip}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module wheel}
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
+%if %{with libalternatives}
+Requires:       alts
+BuildRequires:  alts
+%else
+Requires(post): update-alternatives
+Requires(postun):update-alternatives
+%endif
 Requires:       python-PyYAML >= 3.10.0
 Requires:       python-cliff >= 2.8.0
 Requires:       python-dbm
@@ -46,8 +62,6 @@ Requires:       python-python-subunit >= 1.4.0
 Requires:       python-testtools >= 2.2.0
 Requires:       python-tomlkit >= 0.11.6
 Requires:       python-voluptuous >= 0.8.9
-Requires(post): update-alternatives
-Requires(postun):update-alternatives
 BuildArch:      noarch
 %if %{with test}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module SQLAlchemy}
@@ -94,6 +108,9 @@ export LC_ALL="en_US.UTF8"
 %python_clone -a %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/stestr
 %python_expand %fdupes %{buildroot}%{$python_sitelib}
 
+%pre
+%python_libalternatives_reset_alternative stestr
+
 %post
 %python_install_alternative stestr
 
@@ -102,7 +119,7 @@ export LC_ALL="en_US.UTF8"
 
 %files %{python_files}
 %license LICENSE
-%doc ChangeLog README.rst
+%doc README.rst
 %python_alternative %{_bindir}/stestr
 %{python_sitelib}/stestr
 %{python_sitelib}/stestr-%{version}.dist-info
diff --git a/stestr-4.1.0.tar.gz b/stestr-4.1.0.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 6235082..0000000
--- a/stestr-4.1.0.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:5f61c369eece63c292d13599e12aa158af7685990643f24dd6fa7fabfe34e98a
-size 113187
diff --git a/stestr-4.2.0.tar.gz b/stestr-4.2.0.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..58d81c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stestr-4.2.0.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:45ec639f2d1cc372e3630613b93f37cf29d3dfe69d49d4f3f9408d37b11bc29c
+size 79824