diff --git a/pytest-cov-3.0.0-coverage-6.2.patch b/pytest-cov-3.0.0-coverage-6.2.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c7c1a55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pytest-cov-3.0.0-coverage-6.2.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -up pytest-cov-3.0.0/tests/test_pytest_cov.py.cov62 pytest-cov-3.0.0/tests/test_pytest_cov.py
+--- pytest-cov-3.0.0/tests/test_pytest_cov.py.cov62	2021-12-09 13:54:38.736407865 -0500
++++ pytest-cov-3.0.0/tests/test_pytest_cov.py	2021-12-09 13:54:41.432423997 -0500
+@@ -968,7 +968,7 @@ def test_invalid_coverage_source(testdir
+         '*10 passed*'
+     ])
+     result.stderr.fnmatch_lines([
+-        'Coverage.py warning: No data was collected.*'
++        '*No data was collected.*'
+     ])
+     result.stdout.fnmatch_lines([
+         '*Failed to generate report: No data to report.',
diff --git a/python-pytest-cov.spec b/python-pytest-cov.spec
index 90bd22d..82de41a 100644
--- a/python-pytest-cov.spec
+++ b/python-pytest-cov.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 %global srcname pytest-cov
 %global forgeurl https://github.com/pytest-dev/%{srcname}
 
+# During python mass rebuild we need to build python-pytest-cov without tests because some dependencies are not yet available
+%bcond_with tests
+
 Name:    python-%{srcname}
 Version: 3.0.0
 %forgemeta
@@ -10,6 +13,8 @@ Summary: Coverage plugin for pytest
 License: MIT
 URL:     %{forgeurl}
 Source0: %{forgesource}
+# This fix adjusts the coverage test strings to work with 6.2, but they also work with older coverage versions as well.
+Patch0:  pytest-cov-3.0.0-coverage-6.2.patch
 
 BuildArch: noarch
 
@@ -41,18 +46,13 @@ Summary: %{summary}
 
 
 %prep
-%forgeautosetup
+%forgeautosetup -p1
 # 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
 
 %generate_buildrequires
-
-%if 0%{?rhel} >= 9
-%pyproject_buildrequires
-%else
-%pyproject_buildrequires -x testing
-%endif
+%pyproject_buildrequires -r %{?with_tests:-x testing}
 
 
 %build
@@ -64,9 +64,8 @@ sed -r -i '/^[[:blank:]]*.hunter.,[[:blank:]]*$/d' setup.py
 %pyproject_save_files pytest_cov
 
 
-%if 0%{?rhel} >= 9
-echo "disabling tests in epel until all the dependencies are satisfied"
-%else
+
+%if %{with tests}
 %check
 k="$(awk 'NR>1 {pre=" and " } { printf "%snot %s", pre, $0 }' <<EOF
 test_append_coverage_subprocess
@@ -81,6 +80,7 @@ EOF
 %pytest -k "${k}"
 %endif
 
+
 %files -n python3-%{srcname} -f %{pyproject_files}
 %license LICENSE
 %doc AUTHORS.rst CHANGELOG.rst CONTRIBUTING.rst README.rst