diff -Nru python-jmespath-0.9.4/debian/changelog python-jmespath-0.9.4/debian/changelog
--- python-jmespath-0.9.4/debian/changelog	2019-10-27 02:53:02.000000000 +0200
+++ python-jmespath-0.9.4/debian/changelog	2021-03-28 00:16:24.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+python-jmespath (0.9.4-2ubuntu1) focal; urgency=medium
+
+  * backport upstream patch 6263b84cdb0feb. LP: #1917318
+
+ -- Rolf Leggewie <foss@rolf.leggewie.biz>  Sun, 28 Mar 2021 00:16:24 +0100
+
 python-jmespath (0.9.4-2) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   [ Ondřej Nový ]
diff -Nru python-jmespath-0.9.4/debian/patches/56263b84cdb0feb7c8d54e426ec472f4dd0de44f.patch python-jmespath-0.9.4/debian/patches/56263b84cdb0feb7c8d54e426ec472f4dd0de44f.patch
--- python-jmespath-0.9.4/debian/patches/56263b84cdb0feb7c8d54e426ec472f4dd0de44f.patch	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ python-jmespath-0.9.4/debian/patches/56263b84cdb0feb7c8d54e426ec472f4dd0de44f.patch	2021-03-28 00:16:07.000000000 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+From 56263b84cdb0feb7c8d54e426ec472f4dd0de44f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Michael Neil <a99wszz@mmm.com>
+Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 10:48:39 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH] 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
+---
+ jmespath/visitor.py | 6 +++---
+ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/jmespath/visitor.py b/jmespath/visitor.py
+index 2c783e5..b3e846b 100644
+--- a/jmespath/visitor.py
++++ b/jmespath/visitor.py
+@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ def _is_special_integer_case(x, y):
+     # 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_and_expression(self, node, value):
+ 
+     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	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ python-jmespath-0.9.4/debian/patches/series	2021-03-28 00:16:07.000000000 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+56263b84cdb0feb7c8d54e426ec472f4dd0de44f.patch