diff --git a/Fix-double-colons-with-docutils-0.18.patch b/Fix-double-colons-with-docutils-0.18.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d1902d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Fix-double-colons-with-docutils-0.18.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+From 4b482334a28d0706ba4bd68d51be9c041c135798 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Jean-Fran=C3=A7ois=20B?=
+ <2589111+jfbu@users.noreply.github.com>
+Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2022 21:10:34 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Fix duplicated field term colons for Docutils 0.18+ (#10595)
+
+Co-authored-by: Adam Turner <9087854+AA-Turner@users.noreply.github.com>
+---
+ sphinx/themes/basic/static/basic.css_t | 2 ++
+ 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/sphinx/themes/basic/static/basic.css_t b/sphinx/themes/basic/static/basic.css_t
+index d8f3fe74626..47f802dc4e7 100644
+--- a/sphinx/themes/basic/static/basic.css_t
++++ b/sphinx/themes/basic/static/basic.css_t
+@@ -686,9 +686,11 @@ dl.field-list > dt {
+     padding-right: 5px;
+ }
+ 
++{%- if docutils_version_info[:2] < (0, 18) %}
+ dl.field-list > dt:after {
+     content: ":";
+ }
++{% endif %}
+ 
+ dl.field-list > dd {
+     padding-left: 0.5em;
diff --git a/python-sphinx.spec b/python-sphinx.spec
index 0d9b1dc..575a48a 100644
--- a/python-sphinx.spec
+++ b/python-sphinx.spec
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Name:       python-sphinx
 #global     prerel ...
 %global     upstream_version %{general_version}%{?prerel}
 Version:    %{general_version}%{?prerel:~%{prerel}}
-Release:    2%{?dist}
+Release:    3%{?dist}
 Epoch:      1
 Summary:    Python documentation generator
 
@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@ Source0:    %{pypi_source %{upstream_name} %{upstream_version}}
 # which causes that test to fail.
 Patch1:     sphinx-test_theming.diff
 
+# Fix double colon rendering in Sphinx roles
+# This was supposed to get to Sphinx 5.0.3 but it was never released
+# Backporting per request: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2166116
+# Upstream: https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/issues/10594
+Patch2:     Fix-double-colons-with-docutils-0.18.patch
+
 BuildArch:     noarch
 
 BuildRequires: make
@@ -364,6 +370,10 @@ mkdir %{buildroot}%{python3_sitelib}/sphinxcontrib
 
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Feb 01 2023 Karolina Surma <ksurma@redhat.com> - 1:5.0.2-3
+- Backport a fix for rendering double colons in Sphinx roles
+- Fixes: rhbz#2166116
+
 * Fri Jul 22 2022 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1:5.0.2-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_37_Mass_Rebuild