diff --git a/perl-BioPerl.changes b/perl-BioPerl.changes
index 4b7b018..8e7b787 100644
--- a/perl-BioPerl.changes
+++ b/perl-BioPerl.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Dec  1 13:30:46 UTC 2010 - coolo@novell.com
+
+- switch to perl_requires macro
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Aug 16 15:02:25 UTC 2010 - chris@computersalat.de
 
diff --git a/perl-BioPerl.spec b/perl-BioPerl.spec
index 9cbead2..fe893e9 100644
--- a/perl-BioPerl.spec
+++ b/perl-BioPerl.spec
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ BuildRequires:  perl(XML::Twig)
 BuildRequires:  perl(XML::Writer) >= 0.4
 %endif
 #
-Requires:       perl = %{perl_version}
+%{perl_requires}
 Requires:       perl(Data::Stag) >= 0.11
 Requires:       perl(ExtUtils::Manifest) >= 1.52
 Requires:       perl(IO::String)