diff --git a/perl-Data-Serializer.changes b/perl-Data-Serializer.changes
index 46206cf..85c49fe 100644
--- a/perl-Data-Serializer.changes
+++ b/perl-Data-Serializer.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Dec  1 13:31:38 UTC 2010 - coolo@novell.com
+
+- switch to perl_requires macro
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Jul 25 19:36:21 CEST 2009 - chris@computersalat.de
 
diff --git a/perl-Data-Serializer.spec b/perl-Data-Serializer.spec
index 59b12b0..3e740f3 100644
--- a/perl-Data-Serializer.spec
+++ b/perl-Data-Serializer.spec
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ BuildRequires:  perl(YAML::Syck)
 #Requires:  perl(Compress::PPMd)
 #%endif
 
-Requires:  perl = %{perl_version}
+%{perl_requires}
 Requires:  perl(AutoLoader)
 Requires:  perl(Exporter)
 Requires:  perl(Data::Dumper) >= 2.08