diff --git a/perl-MediaWiki-API.changes b/perl-MediaWiki-API.changes
index ec92436..723e2b4 100644
--- a/perl-MediaWiki-API.changes
+++ b/perl-MediaWiki-API.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Dec  1 13:33:37 UTC 2010 - coolo@novell.com
+
+- switch to perl_requires macro
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Nov 29 18:30:31 UTC 2010 - coolo@novell.com
 
diff --git a/perl-MediaWiki-API.spec b/perl-MediaWiki-API.spec
index b9911f4..86542dc 100644
--- a/perl-MediaWiki-API.spec
+++ b/perl-MediaWiki-API.spec
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ URL:            http://search.cpan.org/dist/MediaWiki-API
 Group:          Development/Libraries/Perl
 License:        Perl License
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/build-%{name}-%{version}
-Requires:       perl = %{perl_version}
+%{perl_requires}
 BuildRequires:  perl
 BuildRequires:  make
 BuildRequires:  perl(ExtUtils::MakeMaker)