diff --git a/javapackages-tools.changes b/javapackages-tools.changes
index d9ca2a6..7b7e14a 100644
--- a/javapackages-tools.changes
+++ b/javapackages-tools.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun May 28 19:15:09 UTC 2023 - Fridrich Strba <fstrba@suse.com>
+
+- Enable the tests also for older distributions
+- Require python3-xml (python-xml for distributions that use
+  versioned modules), since module xml needed by some scripts.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Nov  9 08:50:08 UTC 2022 - Fridrich Strba <fstrba@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/javapackages-tools.spec b/javapackages-tools.spec
index ee2f21b..4ba5d35 100644
--- a/javapackages-tools.spec
+++ b/javapackages-tools.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2022 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2023 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -63,9 +63,7 @@ Obsoletes:      %{name}-doc
 Obsoletes:      jpackage-utils < %{version}
 %if %{with python}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module lxml}
-%if 0%{?suse_version} > 1320
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest}
-%endif
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}
 BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
 BuildArch:      noarch
@@ -109,6 +107,7 @@ allows artifact resolution using XMvn resolver.
 Summary:        Module for handling various files for Java packaging
 Group:          Development/Languages/Java
 Requires:       python-lxml
+Requires:       python-xml
 
 %description -n python-javapackages
 Module for handling, querying and manipulating of various files for Java
@@ -120,6 +119,7 @@ packaging in Linux distributions
 Summary:        Module for handling various files for Java packaging
 Group:          Development/Languages/Java
 Requires:       python3-lxml
+Requires:       python3-xml
 Obsoletes:      python-javapackages < %{version}-%{release}
 Provides:       python-javapackages = %{version}-%{release}
 
@@ -210,7 +210,6 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/fedora-review/
 
 %fdupes %{buildroot}/%{_prefix}
 
-%if 0%{?suse_version} > 1320
 %check
 # reference: ./check, but we don't want to check coverage and don't need old nose
 (
@@ -228,7 +227,6 @@ pushd ./test
 %pytest
 popd
 %endif
-%endif
 
 %if !%{with python}
 %files -f files-tools