diff --git a/files/0001-Change-from-pysrt-to-srt.patch b/files/0001-Change-from-pysrt-to-srt.patch
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/0001-Change-from-pysrt-to-srt.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+From 144d519e8570abd3d4289fb9c16e13b29d5a040c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Marcus Mellor <infinitymdm@gmail.com>
+Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2022 21:09:25 -0600
+Subject: [PATCH] Change from pysrt to srt
+
+---
+ docs/user/how_it_works.rst | 2 +-
+ setup.py                   | 2 +-
+ subliminal/subtitle.py     | 9 ++++-----
+ 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/docs/user/how_it_works.rst b/docs/user/how_it_works.rst
+index fd845cf..e321c48 100644
+--- a/docs/user/how_it_works.rst
++++ b/docs/user/how_it_works.rst
+@@ -48,4 +48,4 @@ Various libraries are used by subliminal and are key to its success:
+ * `dogpile.cache <http://dogpilecache.readthedocs.org>`_ to cache intermediate search results
+ * `stevedore <http://docs.openstack.org/developer/stevedore/>`_ to manage the provider entry point
+ * `chardet <http://chardet.readthedocs.org>`_ to detect subtitles' encoding
+-* `pysrt <https://github.com/byroot/pysrt>`_ to validate downloaded subtitles
++* `srt <https://github.com/cdown/srt>`_ to validate downloaded subtitles
+diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
+index ccc1cda..e25bc2b 100644
+--- a/setup.py
++++ b/setup.py
+@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ setup_requirements = ['pytest-runner'] if {'pytest', 'test', 'ptr'}.intersection
+ 
+ install_requirements = ['guessit>=3.0.0', 'babelfish>=0.5.2', 'enzyme>=0.4.1', 'beautifulsoup4>=4.4.0',
+                         'requests>=2.0', 'click>=4.0', 'dogpile.cache>=0.6.0', 'stevedore>=1.20.0',
+-                        'chardet>=2.3.0', 'pysrt>=1.0.1', 'six>=1.9.0', 'appdirs>=1.3', 'rarfile>=2.7',
++                        'chardet>=2.3.0', 'srt>=3.5.0', 'six>=1.9.0', 'appdirs>=1.3', 'rarfile>=2.7',
+                         'pytz>=2012c']
+ if sys.version_info < (3, 2):
+     install_requirements.append('futures>=3.0')
+diff --git a/subliminal/subtitle.py b/subliminal/subtitle.py
+index 54f76f6..05ef24e 100644
+--- a/subliminal/subtitle.py
++++ b/subliminal/subtitle.py
+@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import logging
+ import os
+ 
+ import chardet
+-import pysrt
++import srt
+ 
+ from six import text_type
+ 
+@@ -95,10 +95,9 @@ class Subtitle(object):
+             return False
+ 
+         try:
+-            pysrt.from_string(self.text, error_handling=pysrt.ERROR_RAISE)
+-        except pysrt.Error as e:
+-            if e.args[0] < 80:
+-                return False
++            srt.parse(self.text)
++        except srt.SRTParseError:
++            return False
+ 
+         return True
+ 
+-- 
+2.35.5
+
diff --git a/package.yml b/package.yml
--- a/package.yml
+++ b/package.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name       : subliminal
 version    : 2.1.0
-release    : 6
+release    : 7
 source     :
     - https://github.com/Diaoul/subliminal/archive/2.1.0.tar.gz : c7aca034332c254ab0e52b3d67d903a7f97cd614f115803269b7ba2e540f1db9
 homepage   : https://github.com/Diaoul/subliminal/
@@ -16,12 +16,13 @@
     - python-dogpile-cache
     - python-enzyme
     - python-guessit
-    - python-pysrt
     - python-pytz
     - python-rarfile
     - python-requests
+    - python-srt
     - python-stevedore
 build      : |
+    %patch -p1 < $pkgfiles/0001-Change-from-pysrt-to-srt.patch
     %python3_setup
 install    : |
     %python3_install
diff --git a/pspec_x86_64.xml b/pspec_x86_64.xml
--- a/pspec_x86_64.xml
+++ b/pspec_x86_64.xml
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
         <Name>subliminal</Name>
         <Homepage>https://github.com/Diaoul/subliminal/</Homepage>
         <Packager>
-            <Name>Joey Riches</Name>
-            <Email>josephriches@gmail.com</Email>
+            <Name>Marcus Mellor</Name>
+            <Email>infinitymdm@gmail.com</Email>
         </Packager>
         <License>MIT</License>
         <PartOf>programming</PartOf>
@@ -94,12 +94,12 @@
         </Files>
     </Package>
     <History>
-        <Update release="6">
-            <Date>2022-04-12</Date>
+        <Update release="7">
+            <Date>2022-11-11</Date>
             <Version>2.1.0</Version>
             <Comment>Packaging update</Comment>
-            <Name>Joey Riches</Name>
-            <Email>josephriches@gmail.com</Email>
+            <Name>Marcus Mellor</Name>
+            <Email>infinitymdm@gmail.com</Email>
         </Update>
     </History>
 </PISI>
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