diff --git a/perl-HTML-Prototype.changes b/perl-HTML-Prototype.changes
index 985357a..7563e4a 100644
--- a/perl-HTML-Prototype.changes
+++ b/perl-HTML-Prototype.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Dec  1 13:32:50 UTC 2010 - coolo@novell.com
+
+- switch to perl_requires macro
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Nov 29 18:30:09 UTC 2010 - coolo@novell.com
 
diff --git a/perl-HTML-Prototype.spec b/perl-HTML-Prototype.spec
index e6ad41a..01c6d7c 100644
--- a/perl-HTML-Prototype.spec
+++ b/perl-HTML-Prototype.spec
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ License:        GPL, Artistic License
 Group:          Development/Libraries/Perl
 Autoreqprov:    on
 Requires:       perl-DBI
-Requires:       perl = %{perl_version}
+%{perl_requires}
 Summary:        Generate HTML and Javascript for the Prototype library
 Version:        1.48
 Release:        1