diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 6415d387..297dae0b 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -596,6 +596,7 @@ include tests/metadata/info.guardianproject.checkey/en-US/summary.txt
 include tests/metadata/info.guardianproject.checkey/ja-JP/name.txt
 include tests/metadata/info.guardianproject.checkey.yml
 include tests/metadata/info.guardianproject.urzip/en-US/changelogs/100.txt
+include tests/metadata/info.guardianproject.urzip/en-US/changelogs/default.txt
 include tests/metadata/info.guardianproject.urzip/en-US/full_description.txt
 include tests/metadata/info.guardianproject.urzip/en-US/images/featureGraphic.png
 include tests/metadata/info.guardianproject.urzip/en-US/images/icon.png
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 558596e9..9e7fc078 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.black]
 skip-string-normalization = true
-target-version = ["py39"]
+target-version = ["py38"]
 
 
 [tool.mypy]
diff --git a/tests/repo/index-v1.json b/tests/repo/index-v1.json
index 409f333a..257a815d 100644
--- a/tests/repo/index-v1.json
+++ b/tests/repo/index-v1.json
@@ -221,7 +221,8 @@
           "icon": "icon_NJXNzMcyf-v9i5a1ElJi0j9X1LvllibCa48xXYPlOqQ=.png",
           "name": "title",
           "summary": "short description",
-          "video": "video"
+          "video": "video",
+          "whatsNew": "default"
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/tests/update.TestCase b/tests/update.TestCase
index a46b0fb9..12380d1b 100755
--- a/tests/update.TestCase
+++ b/tests/update.TestCase
@@ -102,28 +102,27 @@ class UpdateTest(unittest.TestCase):
         repo_dir = os.path.join(self.basedir, 'repo')
         os.mkdir('metadata')
         for packageName in (
-                'obb.mainpatch.current',
-                'org.videolan.vlc',
+            'obb.mainpatch.current',
+            'org.videolan.vlc',
         ):
             shutil.copytree(
-                os.path.join(repo_dir, packageName),
-                os.path.join('repo', packageName)
+                os.path.join(repo_dir, packageName), os.path.join('repo', packageName)
             )
         for packageName in (
-                'info.guardianproject.checkey',
-                'info.guardianproject.urzip',
-                'org.smssecure.smssecure',
+            'info.guardianproject.checkey',
+            'info.guardianproject.urzip',
+            'org.smssecure.smssecure',
         ):
             if not os.path.exists('metadata'):
                 os.mkdir('metadata')
             shutil.copytree(
                 os.path.join(self.basedir, 'metadata', packageName),
-                os.path.join('metadata', packageName)
+                os.path.join('metadata', packageName),
             )
         for packageName in (
-                'com.nextcloud.client',
-                'com.nextcloud.client.dev',
-                'eu.siacs.conversations',
+            'com.nextcloud.client',
+            'com.nextcloud.client.dev',
+            'eu.siacs.conversations',
         ):
             shutil.copytree(
                 os.path.join(self.basedir, 'source-files', packageName),
@@ -255,7 +254,6 @@ class UpdateTest(unittest.TestCase):
         fdroidserver.update.insert_localized_app_metadata(apps)
         self.assertEqual('42', apps[app.id]['localized']['en-US']['whatsNew'])
 
-
     def test_name_title_scraping(self):
         """metadata file --> fdroiddata localized files --> fastlane/triple-t in app source --> APK"""
         config = dict()
@@ -360,7 +358,7 @@ class UpdateTest(unittest.TestCase):
         appid = 'info.guardianproject.checkey'
         testapps = {appid: copy.copy(apps[appid])}
         self.assertEqual('Checkey the app!', testapps[appid]['Name'])
-        del (testapps[appid]['Name'])
+        del testapps[appid]['Name']
         fdroidserver.update.insert_missing_app_names_from_apks(testapps, apks)
         self.assertIsNone(testapps[appid].get('Name'))