diff --git a/perl-Color-Library.changes b/perl-Color-Library.changes
index d78025f..1aeefb0 100644
--- a/perl-Color-Library.changes
+++ b/perl-Color-Library.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Dec  1 09:44:30 UTC 2010 - coolo@novell.com
+
+- switch to perl_requires macro
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Nov 29 18:29:31 UTC 2010 - coolo@novell.com
 
diff --git a/perl-Color-Library.spec b/perl-Color-Library.spec
index a9ae7d4..f5450c9 100644
--- a/perl-Color-Library.spec
+++ b/perl-Color-Library.spec
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ URL:            http://search.cpan.org/dist/Color-Library/
 Group:          Development/Libraries/Perl
 License:        Perl License
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/build-%{name}-%{version}
-Requires:       perl = %{perl_version}
+%{perl_requires}
 BuildRequires:  make perl
 BuildRequires:  perl(Test::Pod::Coverage)
 BuildRequires:  perl(Class::Accessor::Fast)