diff --git a/SOURCES/rubygem-mysql2-0.5.3-fix-assertion-mariadb-connector-c.patch b/SOURCES/rubygem-mysql2-0.5.3-fix-assertion-mariadb-connector-c.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7707d01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SOURCES/rubygem-mysql2-0.5.3-fix-assertion-mariadb-connector-c.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+From cca57b97ad6d1b1b985376be110b89d2b487dea6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Aaron Patterson <tenderlove@ruby-lang.org>
+Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2021 12:59:43 -0800
+Subject: [PATCH] fix assertion on maria
+
+downgrade psych
+---
+ spec/mysql2/client_spec.rb | 2 +-
+
+diff --git a/spec/mysql2/client_spec.rb b/spec/mysql2/client_spec.rb
+index 1519e0f5d..41fb834bf 100644
+--- a/spec/mysql2/client_spec.rb
++++ b/spec/mysql2/client_spec.rb
+@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ def run_gc
+       end
+       expect do
+         @client.query("SELECT SLEEP(1)")
+-      end.to raise_error(Mysql2::Error, /Lost connection to MySQL server/)
++      end.to raise_error(Mysql2::Error, /Lost connection/)
+ 
+       if RUBY_PLATFORM !~ /mingw|mswin/
+         expect do
diff --git a/SPECS/rubygem-mysql2.spec b/SPECS/rubygem-mysql2.spec
index 6d100dc..9c912d3 100644
--- a/SPECS/rubygem-mysql2.spec
+++ b/SPECS/rubygem-mysql2.spec
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 Name: rubygem-%{gem_name}
 Version: 0.5.3
-Release: 10%{?dist}
+Release: 11%{?dist}
 Summary: A simple, fast Mysql library for Ruby, binding to libmysql
 License: MIT
 URL: https://github.com/brianmario/mysql2
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ Source0: https://rubygems.org/gems/%{gem_name}-%{version}.gem
 # git clone --no-checkout https://github.com/brianmario/mysql2.git
 # cd mysql2 && git archive -v -o mysql2-0.5.3-tests.txz 0.5.3 spec/
 Source1: %{gem_name}-%{version}-tests.txz
+# Fix test assertion for mariadb-connector-c
+# https://github.com/brianmario/mysql2/commit/cca57b97ad6d1b1b985376be110b89d2b487dea6
+Patch2: rubygem-mysql2-0.5.3-fix-assertion-mariadb-connector-c.patch
 
 # Required in lib/mysql2.rb
 Requires: rubygem(bigdecimal)
@@ -48,6 +51,9 @@ Documentation for %{name}
 %prep
 %setup -q -n %{gem_name}-%{version} -b 1
 
+pushd %{_builddir}/spec
+%patch2 -p2
+popd
 
 %build
 # Create the gem as gem install only works on a gem file
@@ -178,6 +184,9 @@ kill "$(cat "${MYSQL_TEST_PID_FILE}")"
 
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Feb 17 2022 Pavel Valena <pvalena@redhat.com> - 0.5.3-11
+- Fix test assertion for mariadb-connector-c
+
 * Tue Aug 10 2021 Mohan Boddu <mboddu@redhat.com> - 0.5.3-10
 - Rebuilt for IMA sigs, glibc 2.34, aarch64 flags
   Related: rhbz#1991688