diff --git a/0001-Port-to-hamcrest-2.1.patch b/0001-Port-to-hamcrest-2.1.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..16b864a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-Port-to-hamcrest-2.1.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+From 9507c7b942a25f89428c95abb0012d30aff0ca9b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Marian Koncek <mkoncek@redhat.com>
+Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2019 12:48:20 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Port to hamcrest 2.1
+
+---
+ .../org/junit/internal/matchers/StacktracePrintingMatcher.java | 3 ---
+ .../org/junit/internal/matchers/ThrowableCauseMatcher.java     | 2 --
+ .../org/junit/internal/matchers/ThrowableMessageMatcher.java   | 2 --
+ src/main/java/org/junit/matchers/JUnitMatchers.java            | 2 +-
+ .../experimental/theories/runner/WithDataPointMethod.java      | 2 +-
+ 5 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/main/java/org/junit/internal/matchers/StacktracePrintingMatcher.java b/src/main/java/org/junit/internal/matchers/StacktracePrintingMatcher.java
+index 5d45ba3..6e94a67 100644
+--- a/src/main/java/org/junit/internal/matchers/StacktracePrintingMatcher.java
++++ b/src/main/java/org/junit/internal/matchers/StacktracePrintingMatcher.java
+@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import java.io.PrintWriter;
+ import java.io.StringWriter;
+ 
+ import org.hamcrest.Description;
+-import org.hamcrest.Factory;
+ import org.hamcrest.Matcher;
+ 
+ /**
+@@ -42,13 +41,11 @@ public class StacktracePrintingMatcher<T extends Throwable> extends
+         return stringWriter.toString();
+     }
+ 
+-    @Factory
+     public static <T extends Throwable> Matcher<T> isThrowable(
+             Matcher<T> throwableMatcher) {
+         return new StacktracePrintingMatcher<T>(throwableMatcher);
+     }
+ 
+-    @Factory
+     public static <T extends Exception> Matcher<T> isException(
+             Matcher<T> exceptionMatcher) {
+         return new StacktracePrintingMatcher<T>(exceptionMatcher);
+diff --git a/src/main/java/org/junit/internal/matchers/ThrowableCauseMatcher.java b/src/main/java/org/junit/internal/matchers/ThrowableCauseMatcher.java
+index 22ce8bd..4fa89e7 100644
+--- a/src/main/java/org/junit/internal/matchers/ThrowableCauseMatcher.java
++++ b/src/main/java/org/junit/internal/matchers/ThrowableCauseMatcher.java
+@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
+ package org.junit.internal.matchers;
+ 
+ import org.hamcrest.Description;
+-import org.hamcrest.Factory;
+ import org.hamcrest.Matcher;
+ import org.hamcrest.TypeSafeMatcher;
+ 
+@@ -43,7 +42,6 @@ public class ThrowableCauseMatcher<T extends Throwable> extends
+      * @param matcher to apply to the cause of the outer exception
+      * @param <T> type of the outer exception
+      */
+-    @Factory
+     public static <T extends Throwable> Matcher<T> hasCause(final Matcher<? extends Throwable> matcher) {
+         return new ThrowableCauseMatcher<T>(matcher);
+     }
+diff --git a/src/main/java/org/junit/internal/matchers/ThrowableMessageMatcher.java b/src/main/java/org/junit/internal/matchers/ThrowableMessageMatcher.java
+index 74386a8..7d16b11 100644
+--- a/src/main/java/org/junit/internal/matchers/ThrowableMessageMatcher.java
++++ b/src/main/java/org/junit/internal/matchers/ThrowableMessageMatcher.java
+@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
+ package org.junit.internal.matchers;
+ 
+ import org.hamcrest.Description;
+-import org.hamcrest.Factory;
+ import org.hamcrest.Matcher;
+ import org.hamcrest.TypeSafeMatcher;
+ 
+@@ -30,7 +29,6 @@ public class ThrowableMessageMatcher<T extends Throwable> extends
+         matcher.describeMismatch(item.getMessage(), description);
+     }
+ 
+-    @Factory
+     public static <T extends Throwable> Matcher<T> hasMessage(final Matcher<String> matcher) {
+         return new ThrowableMessageMatcher<T>(matcher);
+     }
+diff --git a/src/main/java/org/junit/matchers/JUnitMatchers.java b/src/main/java/org/junit/matchers/JUnitMatchers.java
+index 13407cc..8889266 100644
+--- a/src/main/java/org/junit/matchers/JUnitMatchers.java
++++ b/src/main/java/org/junit/matchers/JUnitMatchers.java
+@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public class JUnitMatchers {
+      * @deprecated Please use {@link CoreMatchers#everyItem(Matcher)} instead.
+      */
+     @Deprecated
+-    public static <T> Matcher<Iterable<T>> everyItem(final Matcher<T> elementMatcher) {
++    public static <T> Matcher<Iterable<? extends T>> everyItem(final Matcher<T> elementMatcher) {
+         return CoreMatchers.everyItem(elementMatcher);
+     }
+ 
+diff --git a/src/test/java/org/junit/tests/experimental/theories/runner/WithDataPointMethod.java b/src/test/java/org/junit/tests/experimental/theories/runner/WithDataPointMethod.java
+index c814508..ce22ef4 100644
+--- a/src/test/java/org/junit/tests/experimental/theories/runner/WithDataPointMethod.java
++++ b/src/test/java/org/junit/tests/experimental/theories/runner/WithDataPointMethod.java
+@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ public class WithDataPointMethod {
+         return JUnitCore.runClasses(type).getFailures();
+     }
+ 
+-    private Matcher<Iterable<Failure>> empty() {
++    private Matcher<Iterable<? extends Failure>> empty() {
+         return everyItem(nullValue(Failure.class));
+     }
+ }
+-- 
+2.21.0
+
diff --git a/junit.spec b/junit.spec
index 5e15f6e..5fd85d5 100644
--- a/junit.spec
+++ b/junit.spec
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ BuildArch:      noarch
 Source0:        %{name}-%{version}-clean.tar.gz
 Source3:        create-tarball.sh
 
+Patch1:         0001-Port-to-hamcrest-2.1.patch
+
 BuildRequires:  maven-local
 BuildRequires:  mvn(org.apache.felix:maven-bundle-plugin)
 BuildRequires:  mvn(org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-enforcer-plugin)
@@ -38,6 +40,8 @@ Javadoc for %{name}.
 %prep
 %setup -q -n %{name}-r%{version}
 
+%patch1 -p1
+
 # InaccessibleBaseClassTest fails with Java 8
 sed -i /InaccessibleBaseClassTest/d src/test/java/org/junit/tests/AllTests.java