diff --git a/package/yast2-python-bindings.changes b/package/yast2-python-bindings.changes
index 3b20308..8d5314c 100644
--- a/package/yast2-python-bindings.changes
+++ b/package/yast2-python-bindings.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Aug 25 14:41:32 UTC 2026 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
+
+- Fix build failure with SWIG 4.5 and Python 3.13 (boo#1275515)
+- 5.0.3
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Nov 13 09:44:31 UTC 2023 - Noel Power <nopower@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/package/yast2-python-bindings.spec b/package/yast2-python-bindings.spec
index 102c475..b299535 100644
--- a/package/yast2-python-bindings.spec
+++ b/package/yast2-python-bindings.spec
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 %bcond_with python2
 %endif
 Name:           yast2-python-bindings
-Version:        5.0.2
+Version:        5.0.3
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Python bindings for the YaST platform
 License:        GPL-2.0-only
diff --git a/src/ytypes.i b/src/ytypes.i
index d0149bc..e2815a7 100644
--- a/src/ytypes.i
+++ b/src/ytypes.i
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 %{
+#include "compat.h"
+
 YCPValue pyval_to_ycp(PyObject *input)
 {
     int ret;
@@ -24,7 +26,7 @@ YCPValue pyval_to_ycp(PyObject *input)
         return YCPString(PyString_AsString(input));
     if (PyUnicode_Check(input)) {
 #if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3
-        return YCPString(_PyUnicode_AsString(input));
+        return YCPString(PyUnicode_AsUTF8(input));
 #else
         PyObject* encoded = PyUnicode_AsEncodedString(input, "utf8", NULL);
         return YCPString(PyBytes_AsString(encoded));