diff -Nru python-jmespath-0.9.4/debian/changelog python-jmespath-0.9.4/debian/changelog
--- python-jmespath-0.9.4/debian/changelog	2019-10-26 20:53:02.000000000 -0400
+++ python-jmespath-0.9.4/debian/changelog	2021-10-08 08:56:43.000000000 -0400
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+python-jmespath (0.9.4-2ubuntu1) focal; urgency=medium
+
+  * d/p/0001-satisfy-python38-syntaxwarning.patch:
+    - Python 3.8 raises a syntax warning when using
+      is to compare integers or string literals.
+      (LP: #1877792)
+
+ -- Eric Desrochers <eric.desrochers@canonical.com>  Fri, 08 Oct 2021 08:56:43 -0400
+
 python-jmespath (0.9.4-2) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   [ Ondřej Nový ]
diff -Nru python-jmespath-0.9.4/debian/patches/0001-satisfy-python38-syntaxwarning.patch python-jmespath-0.9.4/debian/patches/0001-satisfy-python38-syntaxwarning.patch
--- python-jmespath-0.9.4/debian/patches/0001-satisfy-python38-syntaxwarning.patch	1969-12-31 20:00:00.000000000 -0400
+++ python-jmespath-0.9.4/debian/patches/0001-satisfy-python38-syntaxwarning.patch	2021-10-08 08:56:28.000000000 -0400
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+Descriptions: Change is to == to satisfy python 3.8 SyntaxWarning
+ Python 3.8 raises a syntax warning when using is to compare
+ integers or string literals.
+
+ Fixes https://github.com/jmespath/jmespath.py/issues/187
+
+Author: Michael Neil <a99wszz@mmm.com>
+Bug: https://github.com/jmespath/jmespath.py/issues/187
+Bug-Ubuntu: https://launchpad.net/bugs/1877792
+Bug-debian: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=953534
+--- a/jmespath/visitor.py
++++ b/jmespath/visitor.py
+@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@
+     # Also need to consider that:
+     # >>> 0 in [True, False]
+     # True
+-    if x is 0 or x is 1:
++    if type(x) is int and (x == 0 or x == 1):
+         return y is True or y is False
+-    elif y is 0 or y is 1:
++    elif type(y) is int and (y == 0 or y == 1):
+         return x is True or x is False
+ 
+ 
+@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@
+ 
+     def visit_not_expression(self, node, value):
+         original_result = self.visit(node['children'][0], value)
+-        if original_result is 0:
++        if type(original_result) is int and original_result == 0:
+             # Special case for 0, !0 should be false, not true.
+             # 0 is not a special cased integer in jmespath.
+             return False
diff -Nru python-jmespath-0.9.4/debian/patches/series python-jmespath-0.9.4/debian/patches/series
--- python-jmespath-0.9.4/debian/patches/series	1969-12-31 20:00:00.000000000 -0400
+++ python-jmespath-0.9.4/debian/patches/series	2021-10-08 08:55:50.000000000 -0400
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0001-satisfy-python38-syntaxwarning.patch