diff --git a/python-jmespath.spec b/python-jmespath.spec
index 00c9611..3631f15 100644
--- a/python-jmespath.spec
+++ b/python-jmespath.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Name:           python-%{pypi_name}
 Version:        1.0.0
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Release:        3%{?dist}
 Summary:        JSON Matching Expressions
 
 License:        MIT
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ BuildRequires:  python3-devel
 BuildRequires:  python3-setuptools
 
 # The tests unfortunately still import from nose, but we use pytest as test runner:
-BuildRequires:  python3-nose
 BuildRequires:  python3-pytest
 BuildRequires:  python3-hypothesis
 
@@ -48,7 +47,10 @@ rm -rf %{pypi_name}.egg-info
 %py3_install
 
 %check
-%pytest
+# epel9 does not have python3-nose since nose is deprecated upstream. Only one file
+# in the upstream repo still depends on nose, so we can omit this dependency for epel9.
+# See upstream issue: https://github.com/jmespath/jmespath.py/issues/261%if 0%{?el9}
+%pytest --ignore=extra/test_hypothesis.py
 
 %files -n python3-%{pypi_name}
 %doc README.rst
@@ -58,6 +60,9 @@ rm -rf %{pypi_name}.egg-info
 %{python3_sitelib}/%{pypi_name}-%{version}-py%{python3_version}.egg-info
 
 %changelog
+* Tue May 03 2022 Major Hayden <major@mhtx.net> - 1.0.0-3
+- Remove python3-nose from BuildRequires and skip single test file that requires nose.
+
 * Wed Apr 06 2022 Kevin Fenzi <kevin@scrye.com> - 1.0.0-2
 - Rebuild to deal with update snafu.