diff --git a/python-python-sofa.changes b/python-python-sofa.changes
index 2edd8b1..57f0250 100644
--- a/python-python-sofa.changes
+++ b/python-python-sofa.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Mar  8 16:30:44 UTC 2021 - Ben Greiner <code@bnavigator.de>
+
+- Add python-sofa-pr4-scipy1_6.patch gh#spatialaudio/python-sofa#4
+- Switch to Github Source Archive for the example notebook to test
+  with pytest --nbval
+- Skip python36 build: With NumPy 1.20, python36-numpy is no
+  longer available in Tumbleweed (NEP 29)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Jul 14 14:44:29 UTC 2020 - Marketa Calabkova <mcalabkova@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-python-sofa.spec b/python-python-sofa.spec
index 4bef507..126f066 100644
--- a/python-python-sofa.spec
+++ b/python-python-sofa.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-python-sofa
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2020 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2021 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -17,20 +17,27 @@
 
 
 %{?!python_module:%define python_module() python-%{**} python3-%{**}}
+%define skip_python36 1
 Name:           python-python-sofa
 Version:        0.2.0
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Spatially Oriented Format for Acoustics (SOFA) API for Python
 License:        MIT
 Group:          Development/Languages/Python
-URL:            https://github.com/spatialaudio/python-sofa/
-Source:         https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/p/python-sofa/python-sofa-%{version}.tar.gz
+URL:            https://github.com/spatialaudio/python-sofa
+# get examples for rudimentary testing from GitHub archive
+Source:         %{url}/archive/v%{version}.tar.gz#/python-sofa-%{version}-gh.tar.gz
+# PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM python-sofa-pr4-scipy1_6.patch gh#spatialaudio/python-sofa#4
+Patch0:         https://github.com/spatialaudio/python-sofa/pull/4.patch#/python-sofa-pr4-scipy1_6.patch
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module devel}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}
 BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
 # SECTION test requirements
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module matplotlib}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module nbval}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module netCDF4}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module numpy}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module scipy >= 1.2.0}
 # /SECTION
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
@@ -46,7 +53,7 @@ A Python API for reading, writing and creating SOFA files as defined
 by the SOFA conventions (version 1.0).
 
 %prep
-%setup -q -n python-sofa-%{version}
+%autosetup -p1 -n python-sofa-%{version}
 
 %build
 %python_build
@@ -55,6 +62,13 @@ by the SOFA conventions (version 1.0).
 %python_install
 %python_expand %fdupes %{buildroot}%{$python_sitelib}
 
+%check
+echo '[regex1]
+regex: DateCreated: .*
+replace: DateCreated: 0000-00-00 00:00:00
+' > nodate.cfg
+%pytest --nbval --sanitize-with nodate.cfg doc/examples/SOFA-file-access.ipynb
+
 %files %{python_files}
 %doc README.rst
 %license LICENSE
diff --git a/python-sofa-0.2.0-gh.tar.gz b/python-sofa-0.2.0-gh.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a7860b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python-sofa-0.2.0-gh.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:1f7114f3bc193763443ead93f4ade4aa6566c27e0363386c7e2fc3fff8ec7c89
+size 8831437
diff --git a/python-sofa-0.2.0.tar.gz b/python-sofa-0.2.0.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 46360b6..0000000
--- a/python-sofa-0.2.0.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:b6c0faf989d0d236e4dac7f5726a0d876dc812fa7f35fcb4e2ba473f2597e143
-size 18821
diff --git a/python-sofa-pr4-scipy1_6.patch b/python-sofa-pr4-scipy1_6.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f37b96f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python-sofa-pr4-scipy1_6.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+From 5b1cd60f886ec227bcdc34a2ffa560eb0ccbbb33 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Ben Greiner <code@bnavigator.de>
+Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2021 17:52:21 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] scipy.spatial.transform.Rotation.from_dcm has been renamed to
+ .from_matrix
+
+---
+ src/sofa/spatial/coordinates.py | 12 ++++++++++--
+ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/sofa/spatial/coordinates.py b/src/sofa/spatial/coordinates.py
+index 7d08ab0..c41d2d3 100644
+--- a/src/sofa/spatial/coordinates.py
++++ b/src/sofa/spatial/coordinates.py
+@@ -22,7 +22,15 @@
+ import numpy as np
+ 
+ # for coordinate transformations
+-from scipy.spatial.transform import Rotation  ## requires scipy 1.2.0
++from scipy.spatial.transform import Rotation
++
++
++try:
++    # SciPy >=1.4
++    R_from_matrix = Rotation.from_matrix
++except AttributeError:    
++    # SciPy >=1.2, < 1.6
++    R_from_matrix = Rotation.from_dcm
+ 
+ 
+ def sph2cart(alpha, beta, r):
+@@ -107,7 +115,7 @@ def _rotation_from_view_up(view, up):
+         view = np.repeat(view, ulen, axis=0)
+         up = np.repeat(up, vlen, axis=0)
+     y_axis = np.cross(up, view)
+-    return Rotation.from_dcm(np.moveaxis(np.asarray([view, y_axis, up]), 0, -1))
++    return R_from_matrix(np.moveaxis(np.asarray([view, y_axis, up]), 0, -1))
+ 
+ 
+ def _get_object_transform(ref_object):