diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0d746c4..9d907cd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@
 /pytest-cov-2.10.0.tar.gz
 /pytest-cov-2.10.1.tar.gz
 /pytest-cov-2.11.1.tar.gz
+/pytest-cov-2.12.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/0001-fix-for-failing-tests-with-coverage-5.4.patch b/0001-fix-for-failing-tests-with-coverage-5.4.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 239ba15..0000000
--- a/0001-fix-for-failing-tests-with-coverage-5.4.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-From 92ad6f411167dc05bf54beeb5d9ebc916cc0f6f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: chedi <chedi.toueiti@gmail.com>
-Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2021 18:48:58 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH] fix for failing tests with coverage 5.4
-
----
- tests/test_pytest_cov.py | 6 +++---
- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/tests/test_pytest_cov.py b/tests/test_pytest_cov.py
-index 3c73050..ff22fef 100644
---- a/tests/test_pytest_cov.py
-+++ b/tests/test_pytest_cov.py
-@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ def test_central_coveragerc(testdir, prop):
-     ])
- 
-     # single-module coverage report
--    assert all(not line.startswith('TOTAL ') for line in result.stdout.lines[-4:])
-+    assert all(not line.startswith('TOTAL ') for line in result.stdout.lines[-3:])
- 
-     assert result.ret == 0
- 
-@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ parallel = true
-     ])
- 
-     # single-module coverage report
--    assert all(not line.startswith('TOTAL ') for line in result.stdout.lines[-4:])
-+    assert all(not line.startswith('TOTAL ') for line in result.stdout.lines[-3:])
- 
-     assert result.ret == 0
- 
-@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ show_missing = true
-     ])
- 
-     # single-module coverage report
--    assert all(not line.startswith('TOTAL ') for line in result.stdout.lines[-4:])
-+    assert all(not line.startswith('TOTAL ') for line in result.stdout.lines[-3:])
- 
-     assert result.ret == 0
- 
--- 
-2.29.2
-
diff --git a/python-pytest-cov.spec b/python-pytest-cov.spec
index 3de24a3..0881aa5 100644
--- a/python-pytest-cov.spec
+++ b/python-pytest-cov.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 %global forgeurl https://github.com/pytest-dev/%{srcname}
 
 Name:    python-%{srcname}
-Version: 2.11.1
+Version: 2.12.1
 %forgemeta
 Release: %autorelease
 Summary: Coverage plugin for pytest
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ License: MIT
 URL:     %{forgeurl}
 Source0: %{forgesource}
 
-Patch0:  0001-fix-for-failing-tests-with-coverage-5.4.patch
-
 BuildArch: noarch
 
 BuildRequires:  python3-devel
@@ -43,9 +41,7 @@ Summary:        %{summary}
 
 
 %prep
-%forgeautosetup -p1
-# We cannot satisfy exact-version pins; loosen them up and work with what we have.
-sed -r -i 's/==/>=/g' setup.py
+%forgeautosetup
 # The “hunter” testing dependency (https://github.com/ionelmc/python-hunter) is
 # not packaged, but it also does not seem to be used.
 sed -r -i '/^[[:blank:]]*.hunter.,[[:blank:]]*$/d' setup.py
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 46ee2f2..44d96fd 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (pytest-cov-2.11.1.tar.gz) = 513e89c061e926cfab718adb1a52f573abec6d67635df4ef791dc9a0e6338369c3a0771c9f2a44c5c2a17ab5a5ebc21398b4e3c525dba50724f70eea22a1c9ce
+SHA512 (pytest-cov-2.12.1.tar.gz) = a9893c81b7c5829c68b71e086719939c82622788fa471e2ab61f27cfb0efcc2008f09ec586ea06dba99ec1a6bf8789b8e3531c2ea8fa6435d7e45712b5cb9ea4