diff --git a/python-pygit2-transfer-size.patch b/python-pygit2-transfer-size.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca799aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python-pygit2-transfer-size.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+Submitted upstream: <https://github.com/libgit2/pygit2/pull/1275>
+
+diff --git a/test/test_remote.py b/test/test_remote.py
+index fd12c71107261bf9..d268019921369e99 100644
+--- a/test/test_remote.py
++++ b/test/test_remote.py
+@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ REMOTE_URL = 'https://github.com/libgit2/pygit2.git'
+ REMOTE_FETCHSPEC_SRC = 'refs/heads/*'
+ REMOTE_FETCHSPEC_DST = 'refs/remotes/origin/*'
+ REMOTE_REPO_OBJECTS = 30
+-REMOTE_REPO_BYTES = 2758
+ REMOTE_FETCHTEST_FETCHSPECS = ["refs/tags/v1.13.2"]
+ REMOTE_REPO_FETCH_ALL_OBJECTS = 13276
+ REMOTE_REPO_FETCH_HEAD_COMMIT_OBJECTS = 238
+@@ -215,7 +214,8 @@ def test_remote_refcount(testrepo):
+ def test_fetch(emptyrepo):
+     remote = emptyrepo.remotes[0]
+     stats = remote.fetch()
+-    assert stats.received_bytes == REMOTE_REPO_BYTES
++    assert stats.received_bytes > 2700
++    assert stats.received_bytes < 2800
+     assert stats.indexed_objects == REMOTE_REPO_OBJECTS
+     assert stats.received_objects == REMOTE_REPO_OBJECTS
+ 
diff --git a/python-pygit2.spec b/python-pygit2.spec
index afce350..0e19f0b 100644
--- a/python-pygit2.spec
+++ b/python-pygit2.spec
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Summary:        Python bindings for libgit2
 License:        GPL-2.0-only WITH GCC-exception-2.0
 URL:            https://www.pygit2.org/
 Source0:        https://github.com/libgit2/pygit2/archive/v%{version}.tar.gz#/%{pkgname}-%{version}.tar.gz
+Patch0: python-pygit2-transfer-size.patch
 # This patch lowers the Python-level dependency on cffi. Fedora package python-cffi-1.15.1-5 and
 # higher contain the patches needed for Python >= 3.12.
 # Remove when cffi >= 1.16.0 is available on all releases with Python 3.12.