diff --git a/pytest.spec b/pytest.spec
index de43b27..a863a40 100644
--- a/pytest.spec
+++ b/pytest.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           pytest
 Version:        6.2.2
-Release:        1%{?dist}
+Release:        2%{?dist}
 Summary:        Simple powerful testing with Python
 License:        MIT
 URL:            https://pytest.org
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ Source0:        %{pypi_source}
 # When building pytest for the first time with new Python version
 # we might not yet have all the BRs, those conditionals allow us to do that.
 
-# This can be used to disable all tests for faster bootstrapping
-%bcond_without tests
+# Disable tests on RHEL9 as to not pull in the test dependencies
+# Specify --with tests to run the tests e.g. on EPEL
+%bcond_with tests
 
 # Only disabling the optional tests is a more complex but careful approach
 # Pytest will skip the related tests, so we only conditionalize the BRs
@@ -23,9 +24,9 @@ Source0:        %{pypi_source}
 # The bcond is ignored when tests are disabled
 %bcond_without timeout
 
-# When building pytest for the first time with new Python version
-# we also don't have sphinx yet and cannot build docs.
-%bcond_without docs
+# Disable documentation on RHEL9 as to not pull in the docs dependencies
+# Specify --with docs to generate the documentation e.g. on EPEL
+%bcond_with docs
 
 BuildRequires:  python3-devel
 BuildRequires:  python3-setuptools
@@ -158,6 +159,9 @@ export INPUTRC=$PWD/.inputrc
 %{python3_sitelib}/pytest/
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Mar 10 2021 Charalampos Stratakis <cstratak@redhat.com> - 6.2.2-2
+- Disable tests and documentation generation on RHEL9 to avoid pulling in dependencies
+
 * Wed Jan 27 2021 Miro Hrončok <mhroncok@redhat.com> - 6.2.2-1
 - Update to 6.2.2
 - Update the description