diff --git a/patterns-micro.changes b/patterns-micro.changes
index 769c593..65bc712 100644
--- a/patterns-micro.changes
+++ b/patterns-micro.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Apr 26 11:23:51 UTC 2024 - Jiri Srain <jsrain@suse.com>
+
+- make sure to prefer registries-conf-sl-micro (jsc#SMO-376)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Apr 16 06:32:20 UTC 2024 - Jiri Srain <jsrain@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/patterns-micro.spec b/patterns-micro.spec
index 00b14d1..205f8bd 100644
--- a/patterns-micro.spec
+++ b/patterns-micro.spec
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ Requires:       systemd-coredump
 Requires:       pattern() = base
 Requires:	suseconnect-ng
 Requires:	rollback-helper
+# jsc#SMO-376 - pick the SL-Micro flavor
+Requires:       (registries-conf-sl-micro if libcontainers-common)
 
 %description defaults
 This provides default packages for SUSE Linux Micro which can be optionally