diff --git a/python-rpmautospec.spec b/python-rpmautospec.spec
index f0049c2..05317ec 100644
--- a/python-rpmautospec.spec
+++ b/python-rpmautospec.spec
@@ -1,18 +1,8 @@
 %global srcname rpmautospec
 
-# Up to EL7, Python files in private directories would be byte-compiled.
-%if ! 0%{?rhel} || 0%{?rhel} > 7
-%bcond_with epel_le_7
-%else
-%bcond_without epel_le_7
-# We don't want to byte-compile Python files in private directories, i.e. the Koji plugins. As a
-# side effect, this doesn't byte-compile Python files in the system locations either, huzzah!
-%global __os_install_post %(echo '%{__os_install_post}' | sed -e 's!/usr/lib[^[:space:]]*/brp-python-bytecompile[[:space:]].*$!!g')
-%endif
-
 Name:           python-rpmautospec
-Version:        0.2.5
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Version:        0.2.6
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Package and CLI tool to generate release fields and changelogs
 
 License:        MIT
@@ -20,22 +10,20 @@ URL:            https://pagure.io/fedora-infra/rpmautospec
 Source0:        https://releases.pagure.org/fedora-infra/rpmautospec/rpmautospec-%{version}.tar.gz
 
 BuildArch:      noarch
+BuildRequires:  git
+# the langpacks are needed for tests
+BuildRequires:  glibc-langpack-de
+BuildRequires:  glibc-langpack-en
 BuildRequires:  python3-devel >= 3.6.0
 BuildRequires:  python3-setuptools
-%if %{with epel_le_7}
-BuildRequires:  python2-devel
-%endif
-# EPEL7 does not have python3-koji and the other dependencies here are only
-# needed in the buildroot for the tests, which can't run because of the lack of
-# python3-koji
-%if ! %{with epel_le_7}
 BuildRequires:  koji
+BuildRequires:  python%{python3_pkgversion}-babel
 BuildRequires:  python3-koji
 BuildRequires:  python3-pygit2
 BuildRequires:  python%{python3_pkgversion}-pytest
 BuildRequires:  python%{python3_pkgversion}-pytest-cov
-BuildRequires:  git
-%endif
+BuildRequires:  python%{python3_pkgversion}-pytest-xdist
+BuildRequires:  python%{python3_pkgversion}-pyyaml
 
 Obsoletes:      koji-hub-plugin-rpmautospec < 0.1.5-2
 Conflicts:      koji-hub-plugin-rpmautospec < 0.1.5-2
@@ -52,6 +40,7 @@ Summary:        %{summary}
 %{?python_provide:%python_provide python3-%{srcname}}
 
 Requires: koji
+Requires: python3-babel
 Requires: python3-koji
 Requires: python3-pygit2
 Requires: rpm
@@ -122,27 +111,26 @@ mkdir -p  %{buildroot}%{_prefix}/lib/koji-builder-plugins/
 install -m 0644 koji_plugins/rpmautospec_builder.py \
     %{buildroot}%{_prefix}/lib/koji-builder-plugins/
 
-%if %{with epel_le_7}
-# EL <= 7: Byte-compile all the things
-%py_byte_compile %{python3} %{buildroot}%{python3_sitelib}
-%py_byte_compile %{python2} %{buildroot}%{python2_sitelib}
-%endif
 %py_byte_compile %{python3} %{buildroot}%{_prefix}/lib/koji-builder-plugins/
 
 # RPM macros
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{rpmmacrodir}
 install -m 644  rpm/macros.d/macros.rpmautospec %{buildroot}%{rpmmacrodir}/
 
-# EPEL7 does not have python3-koji which is needed to run the tests, so there
-# is no point in running them
-%if ! 0%{?rhel} || 0%{?rhel} > 7
 %check
-%{__python3} -m pytest
-%endif
+%{__python3} -m pytest -n auto
 
 %changelog
-* Fri Jan 21 2022 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 0.2.5-2
-- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_36_Mass_Rebuild
+* Mon Apr 25 2022 Nils Philippsen <nils@redhat.com> - 0.2.6-1
+- Update to 0.2.6
+- Require python3-pytest-xdist for building
+- Remove EL7 quirks, pkg isn't built there
+
+* Fri Mar 04 2022 Nils Philippsen <nils@redhat.com>
+- require python3-pyyaml for building
+
+* Sun Nov 07 2021 Nils Philippsen <nils@redhat.com>
+- require python3-babel and glibc langpacks (the latter for testing)
 
 * Fri Aug 06 2021 Nils Philippsen <nils@redhat.com> - 0.2.5-1
 - Update to 0.2.5
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index b0084fd..fcc9b67 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (rpmautospec-0.2.5.tar.gz) = a101e3eca72ad47cca12972bd1459d3cc4b957c1e234c073de0261162dce78b77a873afc337a3d3ab135c9fdf4cd5c021012e52aab0cbaa6c313c0d9bfa03044
+SHA512 (rpmautospec-0.2.6.tar.gz) = bd76faee8c4bb7f14fa1f23876f67c89c073c3b486681b3db550e1a42328a399d8a428927300c26c82c32533c2a43a221278c3547a194592ab60787f160ec37a