diff --git a/python-podman.spec b/python-podman.spec
index cfc0c74..0dc1fa7 100644
--- a/python-podman.spec
+++ b/python-podman.spec
@@ -1,49 +1,106 @@
-Name: python-podman
+# RHEL 8 envs has slightly different python deps
+# and also doesn't support dynamic (build)requires.
+%if %{defined rhel} && 0%{?rhel} == 8
+%define rhel8_py 1
+%endif
+
+%global pypi_name podman
+%global desc %{pypi_name} is a library of bindings to use the RESTful API for Podman.
+
+%global pypi_dist 4
+
+Name: python-%{pypi_name}
+%if %{defined copr_username}
+Epoch: 102
+%else
 Epoch: 3
-Version: 5.5.0
+%endif
+# DO NOT TOUCH the Version string!
+# The TRUE source of this specfile is:
+# https://github.com/containers/podman/blob/main/rpm/python-podman.spec
+# If that's what you're reading, Version must be 0, and will be updated by Packit for
+# copr and koji builds.
+# If you're reading this on dist-git, the version is automatically filled in by Packit.
+Version: 5.6.0
 Release: 1%{?dist}
+License: Apache-2.0
 Summary: RESTful API for Podman
-License: ASL 2.0
-URL: https://github.com/containers/podman-py
-Source0: https://github.com/containers/podman-py/archive/refs/tags/v%{version}.tar.gz
+URL: https://github.com/containers/%{pypi_name}-py
+# Tarball fetched from upstream
+Source0: %{url}/archive/v%{version}.tar.gz
 BuildArch: noarch
 
 %description
-%{name}  is a library of bindings to use the RESTful API for Podman.
+%desc
 
-%package -n python%{python3_pkgversion}-podman
+%package -n python%{python3_pkgversion}-%{pypi_name}
 BuildRequires: git-core
 BuildRequires: python%{python3_pkgversion}-devel
+%if %{defined rhel8_py}
+BuildRequires: python%{python3_pkgversion}-rpm-macros
+BuildRequires: python%{python3_pkgversion}-pytoml
+BuildRequires: python%{python3_pkgversion}-requests
+Requires: python%{python3_pkgversion}-pytoml
+Requires: python%{python3_pkgversion}-requests
+%else
 BuildRequires: pyproject-rpm-macros
-Provides: podman-py = %{version}-%{release}
+%endif
+Provides: %{pypi_name}-py = %{epoch}:%{version}-%{release}
+Provides: python%{python3_pkgversion}dist(%{pypi_name}) = %{pypi_dist}
+Provides: python%{python3_version}dist(%{pypi_name}) = %{pypi_dist}
+Obsoletes: python%{python3_pkgversion}-%{pypi_name}-api <= 0.0.0-1
+Provides: python%{python3_pkgversion}-%{pypi_name}-api = %{epoch}:%{version}-%{release}
 Summary: %{summary}
-%{?python_provide:%python_provide python%{python3_pkgversion}-podman}
+%{?python_provide:%python_provide python%{python3_pkgversion}-%{pypi_name}}
 
-%description -n python%{python3_pkgversion}-podman
-%{name} is a library of bindings to use the RESTful API for Podman.
+%description -n python%{python3_pkgversion}-%{pypi_name}
+%desc
 
 %prep
-%autosetup -Sgit_am -n podman-py-%{version}
+%autosetup -Sgit -n %{pypi_name}-py-%{version}
 
+%if !%{defined rhel8_py}
 %generate_buildrequires
 %pyproject_buildrequires %{?with_tests:-t}
+%endif
 
 %build
 export PBR_VERSION="0.0.0"
+%if %{defined rhel8_py}
+%py3_build
+%else
 %pyproject_wheel
+%endif
 
 %install
 export PBR_VERSION="0.0.0"
+%if %{defined rhel8_py}
+%py3_install
+%else
 %pyproject_install
-%pyproject_save_files podman
+%pyproject_save_files %{pypi_name}
+%endif
 
 %check
 
-%files -n python%{python3_pkgversion}-podman -f %{pyproject_files}
+%if %{defined rhel8_py}
+%files -n python%{python3_pkgversion}-%{pypi_name}
+%dir %{python3_sitelib}/%{pypi_name}-*-py%{python3_version}.egg-info
+%{python3_sitelib}/%{pypi_name}-*-py%{python3_version}.egg-info/*
+%dir %{python3_sitelib}/%{pypi_name}
+%{python3_sitelib}/%{pypi_name}/*
+%else
+%pyproject_extras_subpkg -n python%{python3_pkgversion}-%{pypi_name} progress_bar
+%files -n python%{python3_pkgversion}-%{pypi_name} -f %{pyproject_files}
+%endif
 %license LICENSE
 %doc README.md
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Sep 16 2025 Jindrich Novy <jnovy@redhat.com> - 3:5.6.0-1
+- update to https://github.com/containers/podman-py/releases/tag/v5.6.0
+- Related: RHEL-111919
+
 * Fri Jun 20 2025 Jindrich Novy <jnovy@redhat.com> - 3:5.5.0-1
 - update to https://github.com/containers/podman-py/releases/tag/v5.5.0
 - Related: RHEL-80816
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 6478073..8d36bf5 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (v5.5.0.tar.gz) = a48253375e90f426baf046bdffc3df3ee8dc4e66a0ccacf55d86cb847b1937a1135f3518b5ad5e9ddd50f11800e97bd5454ec2098535ccf7f06d7210a0cd63ba
+SHA512 (v5.6.0.tar.gz) = a5f4d1368221ea68202c1413f54493307fd2220ae386bc23690fa5997d6fb974f41a528f2a74aca92588b5c3aa121b492365356ecebc8a9a09245e07ae4905c3