diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2c46905..60a823c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 /fasteners-0.12.0.tar.gz
 /fasteners-0.13.0.tar.gz
 /fasteners-0.14.1.tar.gz
+/fasteners-0.17.tar.gz
diff --git a/49d8f5bb56157a82ff3e6128b506638a214e6d43.patch b/49d8f5bb56157a82ff3e6128b506638a214e6d43.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f59c59e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/49d8f5bb56157a82ff3e6128b506638a214e6d43.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+From 49d8f5bb56157a82ff3e6128b506638a214e6d43 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Paulius Sarka <paulius.sarka@gmail.com>
+Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2022 18:46:36 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Remove futures from the requirements-test.txt
+
+---
+ requirements-test.txt | 1 -
+ 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/requirements-test.txt b/requirements-test.txt
+index 38cd410..0f40737 100644
+--- a/requirements-test.txt
++++ b/requirements-test.txt
+@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
+ diskcache
+ more_itertools
+-futures
+ pytest
diff --git a/fasteners-monotonic.patch b/fasteners-monotonic.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index be2f767..0000000
--- a/fasteners-monotonic.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-diff -uNr fasteners-0.14.1.orig/fasteners/_utils.py fasteners-0.14.1/fasteners/_utils.py
---- fasteners-0.14.1.orig/fasteners/_utils.py	2015-11-13 07:46:46.000000000 +0100
-+++ fasteners-0.14.1/fasteners/_utils.py	2018-01-17 17:42:58.715726344 +0100
-@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@
- import logging
- import time
- 
--from monotonic import monotonic as now  # noqa
-+try:
-+    from time import monotonic as now
-+except ImportError:
-+    from monotonic import monotonic as now
- 
- # log level for low-level debugging
- BLATHER = 5
-diff -uNr fasteners-0.14.1.orig/setup.py fasteners-0.14.1/setup.py
---- fasteners-0.14.1.orig/setup.py	2015-11-13 07:46:46.000000000 +0100
-+++ fasteners-0.14.1/setup.py	2018-01-17 17:50:26.654085344 +0100
-@@ -26,8 +26,10 @@
- 
- install_requires = [
-     'six',
--    'monotonic>=0.1',
- ]
-+import sys
-+if sys.version_info < (3, 3, 0):
-+    install_requires += ['monotonic>=0.1']
- 
- setup(
-     name='fasteners',
diff --git a/python-fasteners.spec b/python-fasteners.spec
index 875dc94..3446f64 100644
--- a/python-fasteners.spec
+++ b/python-fasteners.spec
@@ -1,42 +1,55 @@
 %global pypi_name fasteners
 
-%if 0%{?rhel} >= 8
-%bcond_with pytests
-%else
-%bcond_without pytests
-%endif
+%bcond_without tests
+# The python-diskcache package, used in some of the tests, has been retired.
+%bcond_with diskcache
 
 Name:           python-%{pypi_name}
-Version:        0.14.1
-Release:        27%{?dist}
+Version:        0.17
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        A python package that provides useful locks
 
 License:        ASL 2.0
 URL:            https://github.com/harlowja/fasteners
-Source0:        https://codeload.github.com/harlowja/fasteners/tar.gz/%{version}#/%{pypi_name}-%{version}.tar.gz
-Patch0:         fasteners-monotonic.patch
+# We need to use the GitHub archive instead of the PyPI sdist to get tests.
+Source0:        %{url}/archive/%{version}/fasteners-%{version}.tar.gz
+
+# “Remove futures from the requirements-test.txt”
+# Backport upstream commit 49d8f5b to remove a test dependency that is no
+# longer used and only supports Python 2.
+Patch:          %{url}/commit/49d8f5bb56157a82ff3e6128b506638a214e6d43.patch
+
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
+BuildRequires:  python3-devel
+BuildRequires:  python3dist(setuptools)
+
+%if %{with tests}
+# requirements-test.txt
+%if %{with diskcache}
+BuildRequires:  python3dist(diskcache)
+%endif
+BuildRequires:  python3dist(more-itertools)
+BuildRequires:  python3dist(pytest)
+%endif
+
+%global common_description %{expand: \
+Cross platform locks for threads and processes}
+
 %description
-A python package that provides useful locks.
+%{common_description}
 
 
 %package -n python3-%{pypi_name}
 Summary:        A python package that provides useful locks
-%{?python_provide:%python_provide python3-%{pypi_name}}
 
-BuildRequires:  python3-six
-BuildRequires:  python3-devel
-BuildRequires:  python3-setuptools
-# tests
-%if %{with pytests}
-BuildRequires:  python3-testtools
-BuildRequires:  python3-nose
-Requires:       python3-six
+%if 0%{?el8}
+# This is obsolete on EPEL9 and Fedora:
+%{?python_provide:%python_provide python3-%{pypi_name}}
 %endif
 
 %description -n python3-%{pypi_name}
-A python package that provides useful locks.
+%{common_description}
 
 
 %prep
@@ -50,19 +63,26 @@ A python package that provides useful locks.
 %install
 %py3_install
 
-%if %{with pytests}
+
 %check
-nosetests-%{python3_version}
+%if %{with tests}
+%pytest %{?!with_diskcache:--ignore=tests/test_reader_writer_lock.py}
 %endif
 
+
 %files -n python3-%{pypi_name}
-%doc README.rst
 %license LICENSE
+%doc ChangeLog
+%doc README.md
+
 %{python3_sitelib}/%{pypi_name}/
-%{python3_sitelib}/%{pypi_name}-*.egg-info/
+%{python3_sitelib}/%{pypi_name}-%{version}-py%{python3_version}.egg-info/
 
 
 %changelog
+* Tue May 03 2022 Benjamin A. Beasley <code@musicinmybrain.net> - 0.17-1
+- Update to 0.17
+
 * Fri Jan 21 2022 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 0.14.1-27
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_36_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index ddb8251..f63a1ef 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-f641c55508d30b29eacd8c7a8785fab0  fasteners-0.14.1.tar.gz
+SHA512 (fasteners-0.17.tar.gz) = b0072144f16486202f8e8d5e8fc9f87999ec932502023f6e3f066b8ea8f535f70032000609928b717799a378a167019f30af052a31acbdf5932da8a054211eaf