diff --git a/python/python3-automat/optional_m2r.diff b/python/python3-automat/optional_m2r.diff
deleted file mode 100644
index 87e0ddc6bd..0000000000
--- a/python/python3-automat/optional_m2r.diff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-diff -Naur Automat-20.2.0.orig/setup.py Automat-20.2.0/setup.py
---- Automat-20.2.0.orig/setup.py        2020-02-17 04:33:10.000000000 +0900
-+++ Automat-20.2.0/setup.py     2022-10-31 21:14:14.926665030 +0900
-@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
-     package_dir={'automat': 'automat'},
-     setup_requires=[
-         'setuptools-scm',
--        'm2r',
-     ],
-     install_requires=[
-         "attrs>=19.2.0",
diff --git a/python/python3-automat/python3-automat.SlackBuild b/python/python3-automat/python3-automat.SlackBuild
index cb88118c7c..f8e899c254 100644
--- a/python/python3-automat/python3-automat.SlackBuild
+++ b/python/python3-automat/python3-automat.SlackBuild
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=python3-automat
 SRCNAM=Automat
-VERSION=${VERSION:-20.2.0}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-22.10.0}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-3}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ cd $TMP
 rm -rf $SRCNAM-$VERSION
 tar xvf $CWD/$SRCNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz
 cd $SRCNAM-$VERSION
-cat $CWD/optional_m2r.diff | patch -p1
 
 chown -R root:root .
 find -L . \
diff --git a/python/python3-automat/python3-automat.info b/python/python3-automat/python3-automat.info
index 778fdcb838..9dc2c7211d 100644
--- a/python/python3-automat/python3-automat.info
+++ b/python/python3-automat/python3-automat.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="python3-automat"
-VERSION="20.2.0"
+VERSION="22.10.0"
 HOMEPAGE="https://pypi.python.org/pypi/Automat"
-DOWNLOAD="https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/A/Automat/Automat-20.2.0.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="d6cef9886b037b8857bfbc686f3ae30a"
+DOWNLOAD="https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/A/Automat/Automat-22.10.0.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="b8064994239aabb172748f984489ce75"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="python3-attrs wheel"