diff --git a/00466-downstream-only-skip-tests-not-working-with-older-expat-version.patch b/00466-downstream-only-skip-tests-not-working-with-older-expat-version.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1653ee5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/00466-downstream-only-skip-tests-not-working-with-older-expat-version.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+From 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Karolina Surma <ksurma@redhat.com>
+Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2025 11:12:13 +0200
+Subject: 00466: Downstream only: Skip tests not working with older expat
+ version
+
+We want to run these tests in Fedora and EPEL 10, but not in EPEL 9,
+which has too old version of expat. We set the upper bound version
+in the conditionalized skip to a release available in CentOS Stream 10,
+which is tested as working.
+---
+ Lib/test/test_pyexpat.py   | 2 ++
+ Lib/test/test_sax.py       | 2 ++
+ Lib/test/test_xml_etree.py | 6 ++++++
+ 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/Lib/test/test_pyexpat.py b/Lib/test/test_pyexpat.py
+index 1d56ccd71c..5ef5517828 100644
+--- a/Lib/test/test_pyexpat.py
++++ b/Lib/test/test_pyexpat.py
+@@ -790,6 +790,8 @@ def start_element(name, _):
+ 
+         self.assertEqual(started, ['doc'])
+ 
++    @unittest.skipIf(expat.version_info < (2, 7, 1),
++                     f"Skip for expat < 2.7.1 (version available in RHEL 10)")
+     def test_reparse_deferral_disabled(self):
+         started = []
+ 
+diff --git a/Lib/test/test_sax.py b/Lib/test/test_sax.py
+index 9b3014a94a..90401e0d8f 100644
+--- a/Lib/test/test_sax.py
++++ b/Lib/test/test_sax.py
+@@ -1240,6 +1240,8 @@ def test_flush_reparse_deferral_enabled(self):
+ 
+         self.assertEqual(result.getvalue(), start + b"<doc></doc>")
+ 
++    @unittest.skipIf(pyexpat.version_info < (2, 7, 1),
++                     f"Skip for expat < 2.7.1 (version available in RHEL 10)")
+     def test_flush_reparse_deferral_disabled(self):
+         result = BytesIO()
+         xmlgen = XMLGenerator(result)
+diff --git a/Lib/test/test_xml_etree.py b/Lib/test/test_xml_etree.py
+index bd75c00e50..9a1e020d24 100644
+--- a/Lib/test/test_xml_etree.py
++++ b/Lib/test/test_xml_etree.py
+@@ -1521,9 +1521,13 @@ def test_simple_xml(self, chunk_size=None, flush=False):
+         self.assert_event_tags(parser, [('end', 'root')])
+         self.assertIsNone(parser.close())
+ 
++    @unittest.skipIf(pyexpat.version_info < (2, 7, 1),
++                     f"Skip for expat < 2.7.1 (version available in RHEL 10)")
+     def test_simple_xml_chunk_1(self):
+         self.test_simple_xml(chunk_size=1, flush=True)
+ 
++    @unittest.skipIf(pyexpat.version_info < (2, 7, 1),
++                     f"Skip for expat < 2.7.1 (version available in RHEL 10)")
+     def test_simple_xml_chunk_5(self):
+         self.test_simple_xml(chunk_size=5, flush=True)
+ 
+@@ -1748,6 +1752,8 @@ def test_flush_reparse_deferral_enabled(self):
+ 
+         self.assert_event_tags(parser, [('end', 'doc')])
+ 
++    @unittest.skipIf(pyexpat.version_info < (2, 7, 1),
++                     f"Skip for expat < 2.7.1 (version available in RHEL 10)")
+     def test_flush_reparse_deferral_disabled(self):
+         parser = ET.XMLPullParser(events=('start', 'end'))
+ 
diff --git a/python3.13.spec b/python3.13.spec
index ea7c16b..cad7545 100644
--- a/python3.13.spec
+++ b/python3.13.spec
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ URL: https://www.python.org/
 #global prerel ...
 %global upstream_version %{general_version}%{?prerel}
 Version: %{general_version}%{?prerel:~%{prerel}}
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 2%{?dist}
 License: Python-2.0.1
 
 
@@ -379,6 +379,15 @@ Patch461: 00461-downstream-only-install-wheel-in-test-venvs-when-setuptools-71.p
 # hardware protections can be enabled without losing Perf unwinding.
 Patch464: 00464-enable-pac-and-bti-protections-for-aarch64.patch
 
+# 00466 # e10760fb955ee33d2917f8a57bb4e24d71e5341c
+# Downstream only: Skip tests not working with older expat version
+#
+# We want to run these tests in Fedora and EPEL 10, but not in EPEL 9,
+# which has too old version of expat. We set the upper bound version
+# in the conditionalized skip to a release available in CentOS Stream 10,
+# which is tested as working.
+Patch466: 00466-downstream-only-skip-tests-not-working-with-older-expat-version.patch
+
 # (New patches go here ^^^)
 #
 # When adding new patches to "python" and "python3" in Fedora, EL, etc.,
@@ -1718,6 +1727,9 @@ CheckPython freethreading
 # ======================================================
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Jun 25 2025 Karolina Surma <ksurma@redhat.com> - 3.13.5-2
+- Conditionally skip tests not working with the older expat version
+
 * Thu Jun 12 2025 Miro Hrončok <mhroncok@redhat.com> - 3.13.5-1
 - Update to 3.13.5