diff --git a/SOURCES/urllib3-delay-timebomb.patch b/SOURCES/urllib3-delay-timebomb.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d0690f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SOURCES/urllib3-delay-timebomb.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+diff -Naurp a/test/test_connection.py b/test/test_connection.py
+--- a/test/test_connection.py	2018-06-05 03:18:52.000000000 +0000
++++ b/test/test_connection.py	2019-07-31 11:01:10.025593879 +0000
+@@ -51,5 +51,5 @@ class TestConnection(object):
+         # 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.
+-        two_years = datetime.timedelta(days=365 * 2)
+-        assert RECENT_DATE > (datetime.datetime.today() - two_years).date()
++        five_years = datetime.timedelta(days=365 * 5)
++        assert RECENT_DATE > (datetime.datetime.today() - five_years).date()
diff --git a/SPECS/python-urllib3.spec b/SPECS/python-urllib3.spec
index edb6013..5de5bbf 100644
--- a/SPECS/python-urllib3.spec
+++ b/SPECS/python-urllib3.spec
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ Source0:        %{url}/archive/%{version}/%{srcname}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1:        ssl_match_hostname_py3.py
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
+Patch1:         urllib3-delay-timebomb.patch
+
 %description
 Python HTTP module with connection pooling and file POST abilities.
 
@@ -64,6 +66,9 @@ Python3 HTTP module with connection pooling and file POST abilities.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n %{srcname}-%{version}
+
+%patch1 -p1
+
 # Drop the dummyserver tests in koji.
 # These require tornado, a Web framework otherwise unused in the distro.
 rm -rf test/with_dummyserver/