diff --git a/742.patch b/742.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ac0af8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/742.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Index: pexpect-4.8.0/tests/fakessh/ssh
+===================================================================
+--- pexpect-4.8.0.orig/tests/fakessh/ssh
++++ pexpect-4.8.0/tests/fakessh/ssh
+@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ prompt = "$"
+ while True:
+     cmd = input(prompt)
+     if cmd.startswith('PS1='):
+-        prompt = eval(cmd[4:]).replace('\$', '$')
++        prompt = eval(cmd[4:]).replace(r'\$', '$')
+     elif cmd == 'ping':
+         print('pong')
+     elif cmd.startswith('ls'):
diff --git a/python-pexpect.changes b/python-pexpect.changes
index eb51fe2..8c6bdd9 100644
--- a/python-pexpect.changes
+++ b/python-pexpect.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Oct 17 08:08:38 UTC 2023 - Daniel Garcia Moreno <daniel.garcia@suse.com>
+
+- add 742.patch, gh#pexpect/pexpect#742 This makes it compatible with
+  python3.12 gh#pexpect/pexpect#736#issuecomment-1427273882
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Aug 15 08:29:26 UTC 2023 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-pexpect.spec b/python-pexpect.spec
index e9625b4..9c5f0f0 100644
--- a/python-pexpect.spec
+++ b/python-pexpect.spec
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ Patch3:         fix-fail-no-alias.patch
 # Python 3.12 tests
 Patch4:         https://github.com/pexpect/pexpect/commit/dae602d37493bae239e0e8db5b3dabafebfd59db.patch
 Patch5:         https://github.com/pexpect/pexpect/commit/31fab7b0edbe9b3401507b5dfa4db6aaf3fabca5.patch
+# PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM 742.patch gh#pexpect/pexpect#742
+Patch6:         742.patch
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pip}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module ptyprocess}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest}