diff --git a/SPECS/python-urllib3.spec b/SPECS/python-urllib3.spec
index e684a2b..781a469 100644
--- a/SPECS/python-urllib3.spec
+++ b/SPECS/python-urllib3.spec
@@ -66,6 +66,15 @@ rm -rf test/contrib/
 # fail when combined with the unbundling of backports-ssl_match_hostname
 rm -f test/test_no_ssl.py
 
+# Test `test_recent_date` fails if RECENT_DATE is not up to date.
+# Comment from the test:
+#     This test is to make sure that the RECENT_DATE value
+#     doesn't get too far behind what the current date is.
+#     When this test fails update urllib3.connection.RECENT_DATE
+#     according to the rules defined in that file.
+sed -i "s/^RECENT_DATE = datetime.date(2017, 6, 30)$/RECENT_DATE = datetime.date(2019, 2, 19)/" \
+    urllib3/connection.py
+
 %build
 %py3_build