diff --git a/fix-error-type.patch b/fix-error-type.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ecf164
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fix-error-type.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Index: xmldiff-2.7.0/tests/test_main.py
+===================================================================
+--- xmldiff-2.7.0/tests/test_main.py.orig
++++ xmldiff-2.7.0/tests/test_main.py
+@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class MainAPITests(unittest.TestCase):
+         with open(LEFT_FILE, "rb") as infile:
+             with open(RIGHT_FILE, "rb") as infile:
+                 # Give something else, and it fails:
+-                with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
++                with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+                     main.diff_texts(infile, infile)
+ 
+     def test_api_diff_trees(self):
diff --git a/python-xmldiff.changes b/python-xmldiff.changes
index c2ed6c0..c0672aa 100644
--- a/python-xmldiff.changes
+++ b/python-xmldiff.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Aug  1 12:32:54 UTC 2025 - Felix Stegmeier <felix.stegmeier@suse.com>
+
+- add fix-error-type.patch to fix tests
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Nov  5 14:15:34 UTC 2024 - John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <adrian.glaubitz@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-xmldiff.spec b/python-xmldiff.spec
index add8bae..5700616 100644
--- a/python-xmldiff.spec
+++ b/python-xmldiff.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-xmldiff
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2024 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2025 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ Summary:        Tree to tree correction between XML documents
 License:        MIT
 URL:            https://github.com/Shoobx/xmldiff
 Source:         https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/x/xmldiff/xmldiff-%{version}.tar.gz
+# PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM fix-error-type.patch taken from https://github.com/Shoobx/xmldiff/commit/57e16ce3d92067c6246c3de04f2d4b9803f6f25b
+Patch0:         fix-error-type.patch
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pip}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module wheel}