diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a13eeba..4505ade 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SOURCES/osbuild-composer-88.tar.gz
+SOURCES/osbuild-composer-88.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/.osbuild-composer.metadata b/.osbuild-composer.metadata
index d221ecb..6b5d7a8 100644
--- a/.osbuild-composer.metadata
+++ b/.osbuild-composer.metadata
@@ -1 +1 @@
-9566fbe6bba91c7b3aba1a57c900aa6c00f77397 SOURCES/osbuild-composer-88.tar.gz
+6f828e8be7795f958ba9a20642e68a0f7d2a5646 SOURCES/osbuild-composer-88.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/SOURCES/0001-test-remove-package-version-check.patch b/SOURCES/0001-test-remove-package-version-check.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9a1ecd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SOURCES/0001-test-remove-package-version-check.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+From 21f96abd61be2d10ea9543d137eb51f7ae6c769f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Achilleas Koutsou <achilleas@koutsou.net>
+Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2023 14:30:36 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] test: remove package version check
+
+Package version parsing fails on minor releases (88.1).
+---
+ internal/client/blueprints_test.go | 19 -------------------
+ 1 file changed, 19 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/internal/client/blueprints_test.go b/internal/client/blueprints_test.go
+index 8cfa9a7be..c1c89d36e 100644
+--- a/internal/client/blueprints_test.go
++++ b/internal/client/blueprints_test.go
+@@ -12,10 +12,7 @@ package client
+ 
+ import (
+ 	"encoding/json"
+-	"fmt"
+-	"os/exec"
+ 	"sort"
+-	"strconv"
+ 	"strings"
+ 	"testing"
+ 
+@@ -1110,22 +1107,6 @@ func TestBlueprintFreezeGlobsV0(t *testing.T) {
+ 		t.Skip()
+ 	}
+ 
+-	// works with osbuild-composer v83 and later
+-	rpm_q := exec.Command("rpm", "-q", "--qf", "%{version}", "osbuild-composer")
+-	out, err := rpm_q.CombinedOutput()
+-	if err != nil {
+-		assert.Fail(t, fmt.Sprintf("Error during rpm -q: %s", err))
+-	}
+-
+-	rpm_version, err := strconv.Atoi(string(out))
+-	if err != nil {
+-		assert.Fail(t, "Error during str-int conversion", err)
+-	}
+-
+-	if rpm_version < 83 {
+-		t.Skip()
+-	}
+-
+ 	bp := `{
+ 		"name": "test-freeze-blueprint-glob-v0",
+ 		"description": "TestBlueprintFreezeGlobsV0",
+-- 
+2.42.0
+
diff --git a/SPECS/osbuild-composer.spec b/SPECS/osbuild-composer.spec
index 7daa7fc..167c71c 100644
--- a/SPECS/osbuild-composer.spec
+++ b/SPECS/osbuild-composer.spec
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 %global goipath         github.com/osbuild/osbuild-composer
 
-Version:        88
+Version:        88.1
 
 %gometa
 
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ License:        Apache-2.0
 URL:            %{gourl}
 Source0:        %{gosource}
 
+# Patch generated from the upstream rhel-9.3.0 branch:
+# git clone https://github.com/osbuild/osbuild-composer.git --branch rhel-9.3.0
+# git format-patch v88.1..
+Patch1: 0001-test-remove-package-version-check.patch
 # MSVSphere patches
 Patch1001:      0001-Added-MSVSphere-support.patch
 
@@ -429,10 +433,14 @@ Integration tests to be run on a pristine-dedicated system to test the osbuild-c
 %endif
 
 %changelog
-* Tue Oct 10 2023 Sergey Cherevko <s.cherevko@msvsphere-os.ru> - 88-1.inferit
+* Tue Oct 10 2023 Sergey Cherevko <s.cherevko@msvsphere-os.ru> - 88.1-1.inferit
 - MSVSphere 9.2 and 9.3 support
 - Rebuilt for MSVSphere 9.3
 
+* Wed Sep 20 2023 Achilleas Koutsou <achilleas@redhat.com> - 88.1-1
+- New upstream release
+- test: remove package version check
+
 * Thu Aug 24 2023 imagebuilder-bot <imagebuilder-bots+imagebuilder-bot@redhat.com> - 88-1
 - New upstream release