diff --git a/SOURCES/openvswitch-2.15.0.patch b/SOURCES/openvswitch-2.15.0.patch
index 8d578fc..50e78af 100644
--- a/SOURCES/openvswitch-2.15.0.patch
+++ b/SOURCES/openvswitch-2.15.0.patch
@@ -20,6 +20,18 @@ index 3e5136fd4e..1acf5012db 100755
           TESTSUITEFLAGS=-j4 RECHECK=yes; then
          # testsuite.log is necessary for debugging.
          cat */_build/sub/tests/testsuite.log
+diff --git a/.ci/linux-prepare.sh b/.ci/linux-prepare.sh
+index 69a40011f4..0152168794 100755
+--- a/.ci/linux-prepare.sh
++++ b/.ci/linux-prepare.sh
+@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ make -j4 HAVE_LLVM= HAVE_SQLITE= install
+ cd ..
+ 
+ pip3 install --disable-pip-version-check --user flake8 hacking
+-pip3 install --user --upgrade docutils
+ pip3 install --user  'meson==0.47.1'
+ 
+ if [ "$M32" ]; then
 diff --git a/.cirrus.yml b/.cirrus.yml
 index 2caf36b85c..480fea2421 100644
 --- a/.cirrus.yml
diff --git a/SPECS/openvswitch2.15.spec b/SPECS/openvswitch2.15.spec
index ec02b54..e60a61d 100644
--- a/SPECS/openvswitch2.15.spec
+++ b/SPECS/openvswitch2.15.spec
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Summary: Open vSwitch
 Group: System Environment/Daemons daemon/database/utilities
 URL: http://www.openvswitch.org/
 Version: 2.15.0
-Release: 48%{?dist}
+Release: 49%{?dist}
 
 # Nearly all of openvswitch is ASL 2.0.  The bugtool is LGPLv2+, and the
 # lib/sflow*.[ch] files are SISSL
@@ -699,6 +699,12 @@ exit 0
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Oct 27 2021 Open vSwitch CI <ovs-ci@redhat.com> - 2.15.0-49
+- Merging upstream branch-2.15 [RH git: 2502ca29b0]
+    Commit list:
+    952e851506 ci: Make linux-prepare trust system installs.
+
+
 * Mon Oct 25 2021 Open vSwitch CI <ovs-ci@redhat.com> - 2.15.0-48
 - Merging upstream branch-2.15 [RH git: 7cf784736e]
     Commit list: