diff --git a/perl-LockFile-Simple.changes b/perl-LockFile-Simple.changes
index 1c723fd..802539b 100644
--- a/perl-LockFile-Simple.changes
+++ b/perl-LockFile-Simple.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Dec  1 13:33:19 UTC 2010 - coolo@novell.com
+
+- switch to perl_requires macro
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Nov 29 18:30:24 UTC 2010 - coolo@novell.com
 
diff --git a/perl-LockFile-Simple.spec b/perl-LockFile-Simple.spec
index adcd3f0..be36e29 100644
--- a/perl-LockFile-Simple.spec
+++ b/perl-LockFile-Simple.spec
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Version:       0.207
 Release:       1
 Vendor:        openSUSE-Education
 Source:        %{real_name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
-Requires:      perl = %{perl_version}
+%{perl_requires}
 BuildRoot:     %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 BuildRequires:  perl