diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1be408b..c639567 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@
 /msgpack-python-0.4.1.tar.gz
 /msgpack-python-0.4.2.tar.gz
 /msgpack-python-0.4.4.tar.gz
+/msgpack-python-0.4.5.tar.gz
diff --git a/python-msgpack-0.4.4-pytest23.patch b/python-msgpack-0.4.4-pytest23.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index cae2b81..0000000
--- a/python-msgpack-0.4.4-pytest23.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-From f40fdf523a545035d3f6ee36a31d50993feac14b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Ken Dreyer <kdreyer@redhat.com>
-Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 12:22:28 -0700
-Subject: [PATCH] tests: add pytest 2.3 compatibility
-
-Adjust the skipif conditional to use the older pytest 2.3 syntax.
-
-(This allows the tests to pass with the system pytest package on RHEL
-7.0, since RHEL 7.0 ships pytest 2.3.5.)
----
- test/test_unpack.py | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/test/test_unpack.py b/test/test_unpack.py
-index 8d0d949..c0d711c 100644
---- a/test/test_unpack.py
-+++ b/test/test_unpack.py
-@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ def test_unpack_array_header_from_file():
-         unpacker.unpack()
- 
- 
--@mark.skipif(not hasattr(sys, 'getrefcount'),
-+@mark.skipif("not hasattr(sys, 'getrefcount') == True",
-              reason='sys.getrefcount() is needed to pass this test')
- def test_unpacker_hook_refcnt():
-     result = []
--- 
-1.9.3
-
diff --git a/python-msgpack.spec b/python-msgpack.spec
index a45e974..621fb5e 100644
--- a/python-msgpack.spec
+++ b/python-msgpack.spec
@@ -11,16 +11,13 @@
 %endif
 
 Name:           python-%{srcname}
-Version:        0.4.4
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Version:        0.4.5
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        A Python MessagePack (de)serializer
 
 License:        ASL 2.0
 URL:            http://pypi.python.org/pypi/msgpack-python/
 Source0:        http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/m/%{srcname}-python/%{srcname}-python-%{version}.tar.gz
-# Patch for older pytest on EL6 and EL7
-# https://github.com/msgpack/msgpack-python/pull/123
-Patch0:         python-msgpack-0.4.4-pytest23.patch
 
 BuildRequires:  python2-devel
 BuildRequires:  python-setuptools
@@ -56,10 +53,6 @@ This is a Python (de)serializer for MessagePack.
 %prep
 %setup -q -n %{srcname}-python-%{version}
 
-# Patch for older pytest on EL6 and EL7
-# https://github.com/msgpack/msgpack-python/pull/123
-%patch0 -p1
-
 %if 0%{?with_python3}
 rm -rf %{py3dir}
 cp -a . %{py3dir}
@@ -111,6 +104,9 @@ popd
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Jan 25 2015 Ken Dreyer <ktdreyer@ktdreyer.com> - 0.4.5-1
+- Update to latest upstream version 0.4.5
+
 * Fri Jan 23 2015 Ken Dreyer <ktdreyer@ktdreyer.com> - 0.4.4-2
 - Patch test suite for EL6 and EL7 compatibility (RHBZ #1182808)
 - Add python2 macros for EL6 compatibility (RHBZ #1182808)
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 7a48a99..cef42e9 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-86187bcd95b01753a5975424fe42ca81  msgpack-python-0.4.4.tar.gz
+3b82bc542d5599896695512e7c32f42d  msgpack-python-0.4.5.tar.gz