diff --git a/0001-fix-the-array.tostring-for-py39.patch b/0001-fix-the-array.tostring-for-py39.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8b2c6e2a98eb890a63c8ea571149829d7dd5875d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-fix-the-array.tostring-for-py39.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+From 22c11f852ec1ef5af196388ba06a08e02bab7d99 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: FFrog <ljw1101.vip@gmail.com>
+Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2022 11:12:48 +0800
+Subject: [PATCH] fix the array.tostring for py39
+
+---
+ swift/common/ring/ring.py        | 8 +++++++-
+ test/unit/common/test_manager.py | 6 +++---
+ 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/swift/common/ring/ring.py b/swift/common/ring/ring.py
+index ed888e2..4fdfc8c 100644
+--- a/swift/common/ring/ring.py
++++ b/swift/common/ring/ring.py
+@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ from itertools import chain, count
+ from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile
+ import sys
+ 
++import six
+ from six.moves import range
+ 
+ from swift.common.exceptions import RingLoadError
+@@ -148,7 +149,12 @@ class RingData(object):
+         file_obj.write(struct.pack('!I', json_len))
+         file_obj.write(json_text)
+         for part2dev_id in ring['replica2part2dev_id']:
+-            file_obj.write(part2dev_id.tostring())
++            if six.PY2:
++                # Can't just use tofile() because a GzipFile apparently
++                # doesn't count as an 'open file'
++                file_obj.write(part2dev_id.tostring())
++            else:
++                part2dev_id.tofile(file_obj)
+ 
+     def save(self, filename, mtime=1300507380.0):
+         """
+diff --git a/test/unit/common/test_manager.py b/test/unit/common/test_manager.py
+index 1191bd3..611fa4e 100644
+--- a/test/unit/common/test_manager.py
++++ b/test/unit/common/test_manager.py
+@@ -1305,7 +1305,7 @@ class TestServer(unittest.TestCase):
+                 return self
+ 
+             def __exit__(self, *args):
+-                if self.isAlive():
++                if self.is_alive():
+                     self.join()
+ 
+             def close_stdout(self):
+@@ -1359,7 +1359,7 @@ class TestServer(unittest.TestCase):
+                         status = server.wait()
+                         self.assertEqual(status, 0)
+                         # wait should return before process exits
+-                        self.assertTrue(proc.isAlive())
++                        self.assertTrue(proc.is_alive())
+                         self.assertFalse(proc.finished)
+                     self.assertTrue(proc.finished)  # make sure it did finish
+                     # test output kwarg prints subprocess output
+@@ -1385,7 +1385,7 @@ class TestServer(unittest.TestCase):
+                     status = server.wait()
+                     self.assertEqual(status, 0)
+                     for proc in procs:
+-                        self.assertTrue(proc.isAlive())
++                        self.assertTrue(proc.is_alive())
+                     for proc in procs:
+                         proc.join()
+             finally:
+-- 
+2.23.0
+
diff --git a/openstack-swift.spec b/openstack-swift.spec
index 30af7d781afe6aabcf66de691c441339199bcd60..ddee8832de30b6fbe52bf82a1ebbbb5398873294 100644
--- a/openstack-swift.spec
+++ b/openstack-swift.spec
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ expensive equipment.
 
 Name:             openstack-swift
 Version:          2.23.3
-Release:          2
+Release:          3
 Summary:          OpenStack Object Storage
 License:          ASL 2.0
 URL:              https://docs.openstack.org/swift/latest/
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ Source75:         %{name}-container-sync.service
 Source76:         %{name}-container-sync@.service
 Source77:         internal-client.conf
 
+Patch1:           0001-fix-the-array.tostring-for-py39.patch
+
 BuildArch:        noarch
 
 BuildRequires:    openstack-macros
@@ -208,7 +210,7 @@ This package contains documentation files for %{name}.
 %prep
 # Required for tarball sources verification
 
-%autosetup -n swift-%{upstream_version} -S git
+%autosetup -n swift-%{upstream_version} -p1
 
 # Let RPM handle the dependencies
 %py_req_cleanup
@@ -580,6 +582,9 @@ exit 0
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Mar 08 2022 lijiawei <ljw1101.vip@gmail.com> - 2.23.3-3
+- Fix the array.tostring for py39
+
 * Tue Dec 21 2021 huangtianhua <huangtianhua@huawei.com> - 2.23.3-2
 - Adds the missing sections to config files