diff --git a/main/py3-testtools/APKBUILD b/main/py3-testtools/APKBUILD
index 594f01f0f41d..ee7b952e7a8c 100644
--- a/main/py3-testtools/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/py3-testtools/APKBUILD
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 pkgname=py3-testtools
 _pkgname=testtools
 pkgver=2.7.1
-pkgrel=1
+pkgrel=2
 pkgdesc="Extensions to the Python standard library unit testing framework"
 url="https://pypi.org/project/testtools"
 arch="noarch"
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ license="MIT"
 depends="python3 py3-hatch-vcs py3-fixtures"
 makedepends="py3-gpep517 py3-setuptools py3-wheel"
 subpackages="$pkgname-pyc"
-source="https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/${_pkgname:0:1}/$_pkgname/$_pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz"
+source="https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/${_pkgname:0:1}/$_pkgname/$_pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz
+	pytest8.2.patch"
 builddir="$srcdir"/$_pkgname-$pkgver
 options="!check" # needs community/py3-twisted and testscenarios from pypi
 
@@ -28,4 +29,5 @@ package() {
 
 sha512sums="
 78af1c2af6f93671074dafedeaaf3ddbcc806e78c3153a3b90f88874c967e34a18cb85e5649b08fabb4ba4ae649eeb401e79c77c3b9233d9eee2a3c2267a4596  testtools-2.7.1.tar.gz
+64151feb16be07260758cc9020fa978a1810b8bbe7fc2f56fc5b6ef6f0ce3ae68c092a57280bca4671f3982bac6254db66cc730e3cae67ece1e85eb2f861f19a  pytest8.2.patch
 "
diff --git a/main/py3-testtools/pytest8.2.patch b/main/py3-testtools/pytest8.2.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e3c9ee24d1ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/py3-testtools/pytest8.2.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+diff --git a/testtools/testcase.py b/testtools/testcase.py
+index 004fdb5..b8e9010 100644
+--- a/testtools/testcase.py
++++ b/testtools/testcase.py
+@@ -693,7 +693,17 @@ class TestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+ 
+     def _get_test_method(self):
+         method_name = getattr(self, '_testMethodName')
+-        return getattr(self, method_name)
++        try:
++            m = getattr(self, method_name)
++        except AttributeError:
++            if method_name != "runTest":
++                # We allow instantiation with no explicit method name
++                # but not an *incorrect* or missing method name.
++                raise ValueError(
++                        "no such test method in %s: %s" % (self.__class__, method_name)
++                )
++        else:
++          return m
+ 
+     def _run_test_method(self, result):
+         """Run the test method for this test.