diff --git a/lib/packagetest.pm b/lib/packagetest.pm
index ae4cc525..358488a6 100644
--- a/lib/packagetest.pm
+++ b/lib/packagetest.pm
@@ -9,15 +9,17 @@ use testapi;
 our @EXPORT = qw/prepare_test_packages verify_installed_packages verify_updated_packages/;
 
 # enable the openqa test package repositories and install the main
-# test packages, remove python3-kickstart and install the fake one
+# test packages, remove test package and install the fake one
 sub prepare_test_packages {
+    my ($package) = @_;
+    $package //= "python3-kickstart";
     # remove python3-kickstart if installed (we don't use assert
     # here in case it's not)
-    script_run 'dnf -y remove python3-kickstart', 180;
+    script_run "dnf -y remove $package", 180;
     # grab the test repo definitions
     assert_script_run 'curl -o /etc/yum.repos.d/openqa-testrepo-1.repo https://fedorapeople.org/groups/qa/openqa-repos/openqa-testrepo-1.repo';
     # install the test packages from repo1
-    assert_script_run 'dnf -y --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=openqa-testrepo-1 install python3-kickstart';
+    assert_script_run "dnf -y --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=openqa-testrepo-1 install $package";
     if (get_var("DESKTOP") eq 'kde' && get_var("TEST") eq 'desktop_update_graphical') {
         # kick pkcon so our special update will definitely get installed
         assert_script_run 'pkcon refresh force';
@@ -27,15 +29,19 @@ sub prepare_test_packages {
 # check our test packages installed correctly (this is a test that dnf
 # actually does what it claims)
 sub verify_installed_packages {
-    validate_script_output 'rpm -q python3-kickstart', sub { $_ =~ m/^python3-kickstart-1.1.noarch$/ };
-    assert_script_run 'rpm -V python3-kickstart';
+    my ($package) = @_;
+    $package //= "python3-kickstart";
+    validate_script_output "rpm -q $package", sub { $_ =~ m/^$package-1.1.noarch$/ };
+    assert_script_run "rpm -V $package";
 }
 
 # check updating the test packages and the fake python3-kickstart work
 # as expected
 sub verify_updated_packages {
-    # we don't know what version of python3-kickstart we'll actually
+    my ($package) = @_;
+    $package //= "python3-kickstart";
+    # we don't know what version of the test package we'll actually
     # get, so just check it's *not* the fake one
-    validate_script_output 'rpm -q python3-kickstart', sub { $_ !~ m/^python3-kickstart-1-1.noarch$/ };
-    assert_script_run 'rpm -V python3-kickstart';
+    validate_script_output "rpm -q $package", sub { $_ !~ m/^$package-1-1.noarch$/ };
+    assert_script_run "rpm -V $package";
 }
diff --git a/tests/desktop_update_graphical.pm b/tests/desktop_update_graphical.pm
index 3ec6c6e2..3f59ca68 100644
--- a/tests/desktop_update_graphical.pm
+++ b/tests/desktop_update_graphical.pm
@@ -17,7 +17,12 @@ sub run {
     if (get_var("ADVISORY_OR_TASK") && get_var("VERSION") eq get_var("RAWREL")) {
         assert_script_run 'dnf config-manager --set-disabled koji-rawhide';
     }
-    prepare_test_packages;
+    # for tests of pykickstart updates, we need to use a different dummy
+    my $package = "python3-kickstart";
+    if (get_var("ADVISORY_OR_TASK")) {
+        $package = "python3-blivet" unless (script_run "grep python3-kickstart /mnt/updatepkgs.txt");
+    }
+    prepare_test_packages $package;
     # get back to the desktop
     desktop_vt;
 
@@ -135,7 +140,7 @@ sub run {
     }
     # back to console to verify updates
     $self->root_console(tty => 3);
-    verify_updated_packages;
+    verify_updated_packages $package;
 }
 
 sub test_flags {