diff --git a/do-not-add-invalid-ipv6.patch b/do-not-add-invalid-ipv6.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..119c0b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/do-not-add-invalid-ipv6.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+Index: w3lib-2.2.1/tests/test_url.py
+===================================================================
+--- w3lib-2.2.1.orig/tests/test_url.py
++++ w3lib-2.2.1/tests/test_url.py
+@@ -420,8 +420,9 @@ KNOWN_SAFE_URL_STRING_URL_ISSUES = {
+     # (%) are not escaped.
+     f"a://example.com#{FRAGMENT_TO_ENCODE}",
+ }
+-if sys.version_info < (3, 11, 4):
+-    KNOWN_SAFE_URL_STRING_URL_ISSUES.add("http://[2a01:5cc0:1:2:3:4]")  # Invalid IPv6
++# openSUSE: All of our Python 3.10+ interpreters will fail this
++#if sys.version_info < (3, 11, 4):
++#    KNOWN_SAFE_URL_STRING_URL_ISSUES.add("http://[2a01:5cc0:1:2:3:4]")  # Invalid IPv6
+ 
+ 
+ @pytest.mark.parametrize(
diff --git a/python-w3lib.changes b/python-w3lib.changes
index 78c4550..37fa0cc 100644
--- a/python-w3lib.changes
+++ b/python-w3lib.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Nov 26 03:01:17 UTC 2024 - Steve Kowalik <steven.kowalik@suse.com>
+
+- Add patch do-not-add-invalid-ipv6.patch:
+  * Do not check invalid IPv6 addresses.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Jun 13 15:36:49 UTC 2024 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-w3lib.spec b/python-w3lib.spec
index 80fc441..47f7efa 100644
--- a/python-w3lib.spec
+++ b/python-w3lib.spec
@@ -22,9 +22,10 @@ Version:        2.2.1
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Library of Web-Related Functions
 License:        BSD-3-Clause
-Group:          Development/Languages/Python
 URL:            https://github.com/scrapy/w3lib
 Source:         https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/w/w3lib/w3lib-%{version}.tar.gz
+# PATCH-FIX-OPENSUSE Do not check invalid IPv6 addresses
+Patch0:         do-not-add-invalid-ipv6.patch
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pip}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}