diff --git a/perl-Data-Visitor.changes b/perl-Data-Visitor.changes
index a7cb9f1..51e6063 100644
--- a/perl-Data-Visitor.changes
+++ b/perl-Data-Visitor.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Dec  1 13:31:42 UTC 2010 - coolo@novell.com
+
+- switch to perl_requires macro
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Nov 29 18:29:40 UTC 2010 - coolo@novell.com
 
diff --git a/perl-Data-Visitor.spec b/perl-Data-Visitor.spec
index 71fce2e..fda2308 100644
--- a/perl-Data-Visitor.spec
+++ b/perl-Data-Visitor.spec
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ URL:            http://search.cpan.org/dist/Data-Visitor/
 Group:          Development/Libraries/Perl
 License:        Perl License
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/build-%{name}-%{version}
-Requires:       perl = %{perl_version}
+%{perl_requires}
 BuildRequires:  make perl
 BuildRequires:  perl(Data::Alias)
 BuildRequires:  perl(Moose)