diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-simplepyble.yml b/.github/workflows/build-simplepyble.yml
index da644d0d0f42..8455468781f4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-simplepyble.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-simplepyble.yml
@@ -17,11 +17,13 @@ on:
     paths:
       - '.github/workflows/build-simplepyble.yml'
       - 'docs/packages/simplepyble.yaml'
+      - 'patches/simplepyble/**'
   push:
     branches: [main]
     paths:
       - '.github/workflows/build-simplepyble.yml'
       - 'docs/packages/simplepyble.yaml'
+      - 'patches/simplepyble/**'
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}
@@ -63,6 +65,23 @@ jobs:
           ref: v${{ env.SIMPLEPYBLE_VERSION }}
           persist-credentials: false
 
+      - name: Checkout python-wheels
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1  # v7.0.1
+        with:
+          path: python-wheels
+          sparse-checkout: patches/simplepyble
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      # 1.3.0's setup.py lists license_files=["LICENSE.md"] explicitly, which drops the
+      # LICENSE.<dep> files staged below for the libraries auditwheel vendors; the patch
+      # widens it. Earlier releases use setuptools' default glob and have no patch.
+      - name: Patch simplepyble source
+        run: |
+          patches="$PWD/python-wheels/patches/simplepyble/$SIMPLEPYBLE_VERSION"
+          if [ -d "$patches" ]; then
+            git apply "$patches"/*.patch
+          fi
+
       - name: Stage the licence-collection script
         run: |
           cat > collect-licenses.sh <<'COLLECT_EOF'
@@ -136,10 +155,13 @@ jobs:
             dnf install -y dbus-devel &&
             bash {project}/collect-licenses.sh {project}
           CIBW_TEST_REQUIRES: pytest
-          # upstream's suite targets the Plain (mock) backend; only these two are backend-independent
+          # upstream's suite targets the Plain (mock) backend; only these two are backend-independent.
+          # Since 1.3.0 the module has an autouse fixture that fetches a Bluetooth adapter,
+          # which needs the system D-Bus (absent in the build container) for this Linux
+          # backend, so the two tests are called directly instead of through pytest.
           CIBW_TEST_COMMAND: >-
-            pytest -v {project}/simplepyble/test/test_simpleble.py
-            -k "test_configuration_parity or test_platform_enums" &&
+            python -c "import sys; sys.path.insert(0, '{project}/simplepyble/test');
+            import test_simpleble as t; t.test_configuration_parity(); t.test_platform_enums()" &&
             python -c "import simplepyble; assert simplepyble.get_operating_system() == simplepyble.OperatingSystem.LINUX"
 
       - name: Verify the wheel ships the extension and every vendored library's licence
diff --git a/docs/packages/simplepyble.yaml b/docs/packages/simplepyble.yaml
index c0be297d6414..fa4ef21aa474 100644
--- a/docs/packages/simplepyble.yaml
+++ b/docs/packages/simplepyble.yaml
@@ -34,3 +34,4 @@ versions:
   gpl-sources:
     filename: gpl-sources.tar
     description: gcc and the copyleft libraries bundled in the wheel
+- version: 1.3.0
diff --git a/patches/simplepyble/1.3.0/0001-Widen-license-files-to-cover-bundled-third-party-licences.patch b/patches/simplepyble/1.3.0/0001-Widen-license-files-to-cover-bundled-third-party-licences.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..26e828735b24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/simplepyble/1.3.0/0001-Widen-license-files-to-cover-bundled-third-party-licences.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+From 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: RISE Project CI <ci@riseproject.dev>
+Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] Widen license-files to cover bundled third-party licences
+
+`license_files=["LICENSE.md"]` is an explicit PEP 639 list, so it replaces
+setuptools' default `LICEN[CS]E*` glob rather than adding to it: a
+`LICENSE.<dep>` dropped at the project root to cover a library
+`auditwheel repair` vendors into the wheel (libdbus-1 and its transitive
+closure) is silently ignored. Widening the list to also match `LICENSE.*`
+picks those up with no other packaging change.
+
+Upstream-Status: To upstream [not filed; this port may only touch riseproject-dev/python-wheels]
+---
+ setup.py | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
+index a5ab373..179211b 100644
+--- a/setup.py
++++ b/setup.py
+@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ skbuild.setup(
+     long_description=long_description,
+     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
+     license_expression="BUSL-1.1",
+-    license_files=["LICENSE.md"],
++    license_files=["LICENSE.md", "LICENSE.*"],
+     packages=["simplepyble"],
+     package_dir={"": "simplepyble/src"},
+     package_data={"simplepyble": ["py.typed", "*.pyi"]},
+-- 
+2.43.0
+