diff --git a/configs/sst_cs_apps-unwanted-python3-eln.yaml b/configs/sst_cs_apps-unwanted-python3-eln.yaml
index f2cdda16c..57f565baa 100644
--- a/configs/sst_cs_apps-unwanted-python3-eln.yaml
+++ b/configs/sst_cs_apps-unwanted-python3-eln.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ data:
   # tomllib is in the Python standard library (PEP 680), use that one instead
   - python3-toml
   - python3-tomli
+  # python3-py is in maintenance mode upstream, pretty much dead
+  # it used to be in RHEL as a dependency of pytest which bundled the necessary parts
+  - python3-py
 
   # older Python versions
   - python3.9
@@ -29,6 +32,7 @@ data:
   - python-chardet
   - python-toml
   - python-tomli
+  - python-py
   - python3.9
   - python3.10
   - python3.11