diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8bd9645..9ced77a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@
 /nixpy-1.5.1.tar.gz
 /nixpy-1.5.2.tar.gz
 /nixpy-1.5.3.tar.gz
+/nixpy-1.5.3-filtered.tar.gz
+/nixpy-1.5.4-filtered.tar.gz
diff --git a/0001-Remove-deprecated-pytest-runner-dependency.patch b/0001-Remove-deprecated-pytest-runner-dependency.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..850805a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-Remove-deprecated-pytest-runner-dependency.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+From b550f88e64c01194029a50b92d94955c39bf169f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Sandro <devel@penguinpee.nl>
+Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2024 09:08:28 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Remove deprecated pytest-runner dependency
+
+The `pytest-runner` project has been deprecated since 2019 and has been
+archived on git hub in December 2024.
+
+This removes the dependency on the deprecated package and also removes
+deprecated keywords from `setup.py` related to it.
+---
+ setup.py | 6 +++---
+ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
+index 16379a5..be594d5 100644
+--- a/setup.py
++++ b/setup.py
+@@ -75,9 +75,9 @@ setup(
+     packages=packages,
+     scripts=[],
+     python_requires=">=3.6",
+-    tests_require=['pytest', 'scipy', 'pillow', 'matplotlib'],
+-    test_suite='pytest',
+-    setup_requires=['pytest-runner'],
++    extras_require={
++        "test": ['pytest', 'scipy', 'pillow', 'matplotlib'],
++    },
+     install_requires=['numpy', 'h5py', 'six', 'enum34;python_version<"3.4"'],
+     package_data={'nixio': [license_text, description_text]},
+     include_package_data=True,
+-- 
+2.48.1
+
diff --git a/get_source b/get_source
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..1ac2cc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/get_source
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+
+if [ "$#" != '1' ]
+then
+	cat 1>&2 <<EOF
+Usage: $0 VERSION
+
+Downloads the requested version and creates a filtered source tarball.
+EOF
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+VERSION="${1}"
+OUTDIR="${PWD}"
+TMPDIR="$(mktemp -d)"
+trap "rm -rf '${TMPDIR}'" INT TERM EXIT
+
+cd "${TMPDIR}"
+REPO="https://github.com/G-node/nixpy"
+URL="${REPO}/archive/${VERSION}/nixpy-${VERSION}.tar.gz"
+echo "--> Downloading: ${URL}" 1>&2
+curl -L -O "${URL}"
+
+ARCHIVE="$(find . -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type f -name '*.tar.gz' -print -quit)"
+echo "--> Extracting: $(basename "${ARCHIVE}")" 1>&2
+tar -xzf "${ARCHIVE}"
+echo '--> Removing Lenna/Lena image due to licensing and other issues' 1>&2
+TARDIR="$(basename "${ARCHIVE}" '.tar.gz')"
+MTIME="$(stat -c '%Y' "${TARDIR}")"
+# https://github.com/G-Node/nixpy/issues/545
+find "${TARDIR}" -type f -name lenna.png -print -delete
+# Make sure the original mtime is preserved even if we modified the base
+# directory by removing something at the top level. (So far, we didn’t.)
+touch -d @"${MTIME}" "${TARDIR}"
+FILTERED="$(basename "${ARCHIVE}" .tar.gz)-filtered.tar.gz"
+echo "--> Re-archiving: ${FILTERED}" 1>&2
+# https://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_section/Reproducibility.html
+TZ=UTC LC_ALL=C tar \
+    --create \
+    --sort=name \
+    --format=posix \
+    --numeric-owner --owner=0 --group=0 \
+    --mode=go+u,go-w \
+    --pax-option='delete=atime,delete=ctime' \
+    "${TARDIR}/" |
+  gzip -9 > "${FILTERED}"
+mv -v "${FILTERED}" "${OUTDIR}"
+echo 'Done.' 1>&2
diff --git a/python-nixio.spec b/python-nixio.spec
index 2c69623..812eabb 100644
--- a/python-nixio.spec
+++ b/python-nixio.spec
@@ -1,53 +1,64 @@
 %global forgeurl    https://github.com/G-node/nixpy
 
+%global desc \
+The NIX project started as an initiative within the Electrophysiology Task \
+Force a part of the INCF Data sharing Program. The NIX data model allows to \
+store fully annotated scientific data-set, i.e. the data together with its \
+metadata within the same container. Our aim is to achieve standardization by \
+providing a common/generic data structure for a multitude of data types. See \
+the wiki for more information \
+ \
+The current implementations store the actual data using the HDF5 file format as \
+a storage backend.
+
 Name:       python-nixio
-Version:    1.5.3
+Version:    1.5.4
 Release:    %autorelease
 Summary:    Python bindings for NIX
 
 %global     tag     %version
 %forgemeta
 
-License:    BSD
+License:    BSD-3-Clause
 URL:        %forgeurl
-Source0:    %forgesource
+# We need to upload a filtered version of the source archive because
+# docs/source/examples/lenna.png has several issues, including the lack of a
+# license. We have asked upstream to deal with this in
+#   Please consider replacing lenna.png
+#   https://github.com/G-Node/nixpy/issues/545
+# but for now, we must obtain the filtered archive by running the script in
+# Source2:
+#   ./get_source ${VERSION}
+%dnl Source0:    %forgesource
+Source0:    nixpy-%{version}-filtered.tar.gz
 # The tagged snapshot on GitHub still says "dev" but the manually uploaded
 # release does not, so use the info.json from there
 # https://github.com/G-Node/nixpy/issues/528
 Source1:    info.json
+# * Script used to obtain Source0: ./get_source %%{version}
+Source2:    get_source
 
+# Remove deprecated pytest-runner dependency
+# https://github.com/G-Node/nixpy/pull/547
+# Rebased on 1.5.4, without changes to GitHub CI configuration
+# https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/DeprecatePythonPytestRunner
+Patch:          0001-Remove-deprecated-pytest-runner-dependency.patch
 
 BuildArch:      noarch
 # No need for nix, they're uncoupling it from the C++
 # https://github.com/G-Node/nixpy/pull/276
 
-%description
-The NIX project started as an initiative within the Electrophysiology Task
-Force a part of the INCF Data sharing Program. The NIX data model allows to
-store fully annotated scientific data-set, i.e. the data together with its
-metadata within the same container. Our aim is to achieve standardization by
-providing a common/generic data structure for a multitude of data types. See
-the wiki for more information
+BuildRequires:  python3-devel
 
-The current implementations store the actual data using the HDF5 file format as
-a storage backend.
+%description %{desc}
 
 %package -n python3-nixio
 Summary:        %{summary}
-BuildRequires:  python3-devel
-BuildRequires:  gcc
-# use tests_require which is deprecated
-BuildRequires:  %{py3_dist pytest}
-BuildRequires:  %{py3_dist pytest-runner}
-BuildRequires:  %{py3_dist scipy}
-BuildRequires:  %{py3_dist pillow}
-BuildRequires:  %{py3_dist matplotlib}
 
-%description -n python3-nixio
-%{description}
+%description -n python3-nixio %{desc}
 
 %prep
-%forgesetup
+%autosetup -n nixpy-%{version} -p1
 
 # it sets examples_path based on the name of the cwd
 sed -i "s/nixpy/nixpy-%{version}/" nixio/test/test_doc_examples.py
@@ -55,17 +66,23 @@ sed -i "s/nixpy/nixpy-%{version}/" nixio/test/test_doc_examples.py
 cp %{SOURCE1} nixio/info.json -v -p
 
 %generate_buildrequires
-%pyproject_buildrequires -r
+%pyproject_buildrequires -x test
 
 %build
 %pyproject_wheel
 
 %install
 %pyproject_install
-%pyproject_save_files nixio
+%pyproject_save_files -l nixio
 
 %check
-%{pytest}
+# These require the removed lenna.png sample file:
+k="${k-}${k+ and }not (TestDocumentationExamples and test_image_data)"
+k="${k-}${k+ and }not (TestDocumentationExamples and test_image_with_metadata)"
+k="${k-}${k+ and }not (TestDocumentationExamples and test_multiple_rois)"
+k="${k-}${k+ and }not (TestDocumentationExamples and test_single_roi)"
+
+%pytest -k "${k-}"
 
 %files -n python3-nixio -f %{pyproject_files}
 %{_bindir}/nixio
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index ef0608e..96c2c29 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (nixpy-1.5.3.tar.gz) = 1b3fd6bb638797a90a2e899d9ae3663a6a0ee3dfc5fe8c6c0806ed5ac2a34ef54771cdb1a715bf400020c6f5df7f3f348ee7129ed1e055381fa11aa5a8b6b218
+SHA512 (nixpy-1.5.4-filtered.tar.gz) = 7842e1643df0b234b8de7f8c1c30875ad70ed2681561ecf570ffff2849f60ea9510e7dba3b6544e8f507eed2583925d52d29c348cc49b2d5da0a22c686e3173d