diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 920e600..f46a000 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 /pyproj-2.3.1.tar.gz
+/pyproj-2.4.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/pyproj.spec b/pyproj.spec
index 517e88c..f53c284 100644
--- a/pyproj.spec
+++ b/pyproj.spec
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 # avoid providing the private libs:
 %if 0%{?fedora} || 0%{?rhel} >= 7
 
@@ -13,10 +12,11 @@
 }
 %endif
 
+%global minimal_needed_proj_version 6.2.0
 
 Name:		pyproj
-Version:	2.3.1
-Release:	2%{?dist}
+Version:	2.4.1
+Release:	1%{?dist}
 Summary:	Cython wrapper to provide python interfaces to Proj
 
 License:	MIT
@@ -26,8 +26,12 @@ Source0:	https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}.ta
 # with: https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/p/%%{name}/%%{name}-%%{version}.tar.gz
 
 BuildRequires:	gcc
-BuildRequires:	proj-devel >= 6.2.0
-BuildRequires:	proj >= 6.2.0
+BuildRequires:	proj-devel >= %{minimal_needed_proj_version}
+BuildRequires:	proj >= %{minimal_needed_proj_version}
+
+# needed to run the tests
+BuildRequires:	python3-pytest
+BuildRequires:	python3-mock
 
 # needed to remove the hardcoded path '/usr/lib' from the _proj.so file
 BuildRequires:	chrpath
@@ -58,7 +62,7 @@ BuildRequires:	python3-Cython
 BuildRequires:	python3-nose2
 #?? BuildRequires:  python3-mock
 
-Requires:	proj >= 6.2.0
+Requires:	proj >= %{minimal_needed_proj_version}
 
 # ensure python provides are provided when python3 becomes the default runtime
 %{?python_provide:%python_provide python3-%{name}}
@@ -94,9 +98,11 @@ export PROJ_DIR="%{_usr}/"
 # generate documentation
 cd docs
 
-# need to point to the build dir so sphinx can import the module
-# note that %%{_arch} does not work for all architectures
-# so some if thens are needed here
+# Need to point to the build dir so sphinx can import the module
+# before it is installed.
+# Note that %%{_arch} does not work for all architectures
+# so some if/then's are needed here, since I could not find any
+# standard macro that solves this.
 %ifarch x86_64 aarch64 ppc64le s390x
   %global py_build_libdir lib.linux-%{_arch}-%{python3_version}
 %endif
@@ -136,11 +142,8 @@ chrpath -d %{buildroot}/%{python3_sitearch}/%{name}/*.so
 
 
 %check
-# run old tests based on doctest (see README.md)
-cd  # make sure original source not in the PATH
 PYTHONPATH="%{buildroot}%{python3_sitearch}" \
-   %{__python3} -c 'import pyproj;pyproj.test()' -v
-
+py.test-3
 
 %files -n python3-%{name}
 %doc docs README.md
@@ -152,6 +155,9 @@ PYTHONPATH="%{buildroot}%{python3_sitearch}" \
 
 
 %changelog
+* Sat Nov 9 2019 Jos de Kloe <josdekloe@gmail.com> 2.4.1-1
+- Update to 2.4.1
+
 * Sun Sep 08 2019 Jos de Kloe <josdekloe@gmail.com> 2.3.1-2
 - add documentation generation, fix python usage in it and add a doc subpackage
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 4682703..e4f88bc 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (pyproj-2.3.1.tar.gz) = e845a67fa5d7bc49c58b55ab799421768a6d25edb318c60bd2af428eb7b2fc8b1412a687c853bc942618f67216daf4e83883f5330789495f47498a17a684fe57
+SHA512 (pyproj-2.4.1.tar.gz) = c8bc987991b8136951f038f504cb6ffa5f69663b9ba447b586ab29d30e91b05661c46726132ac2cbfd756d92842606b1d5a5167b84c66878688e5ac4e5259353