diff --git a/ansible.changes b/ansible.changes
index 197c278..1197430 100644
--- a/ansible.changes
+++ b/ansible.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Nov 25 07:03:33 UTC 2022 - Johannes Kastl <kastl@b1-systems.de>
+
+- rework spec file to define %ansible_python version, which is the
+  python version, that ansible is built against, as well as
+  %ansible_python_sitelib and %ansible_python_executable
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Nov 23 07:27:47 UTC 2022 - Johannes Kastl <kastl@b1-systems.de>
 
diff --git a/ansible.spec b/ansible.spec
index 97a3ffb..f9d93d8 100644
--- a/ansible.spec
+++ b/ansible.spec
@@ -15,7 +15,19 @@
 # Please submit bugfixes or comments via https://bugs.opensuse.org/
 #
 
-%define pythons %primary_python
+%if 0%{?suse_version} < 1550
+# Leap15, SLES15
+%define pythons python310
+%define ansible_python python310
+%define ansible_python_executable python3.10
+%define ansible_python_sitelib %python310_sitelib
+%else
+# Tumbleweed
+%define pythons python3
+%define ansible_python python3
+%define ansible_python_executable python3
+%define ansible_python_sitelib %python3_sitelib
+%endif
 
 Name:           ansible
 Version:        7.0.0
@@ -26,8 +38,8 @@ URL:            https://ansible.com/
 Source:         https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/a/ansible/ansible-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source99:       ansible-rpmlintrc
 BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module base >= 3.9}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}
+BuildRequires:  %{ansible_python}-base >= 3.9
+BuildRequires:  %{ansible_python}-setuptools
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 
 # required to fix the azure collection line endings
@@ -37,7 +49,7 @@ BuildRequires:  dos2unix
 BuildRequires:  ansible-core >= 2.14.0
 # /SECTION
 
-Requires:       %{primary_python}-base >= 3.9
+Requires:       %{ansible_python}-base >= 3.9
 Requires:       ansible-core >= 2.14.0
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
@@ -56,14 +68,14 @@ for file in .git_keep .travis.yml ; do
 done
 
 # fix for wrong shebang:
-sed -i 's|/Users/kbreit/Documents/Programming/ansible_collections/cisco/meraki/venv/bin/python|%{_bindir}/python3|g' ansible_collections/cisco/meraki/scripts/sublime-build/build.py.generic
+sed -i 's|/Users/kbreit/Documents/Programming/ansible_collections/cisco/meraki/venv/bin/python|%{_bindir}/%{ansible_python_executable}|g' ansible_collections/cisco/meraki/scripts/sublime-build/build.py.generic
 
 # Replace all #!/usr/bin/env lines to use #!/usr/bin/$1 directly.
 find ./ -type f -exec \
     sed -i '1s|^#!%{_bindir}/env |#!%{_bindir}/|' {} \;
 
 find ./ -type f -exec \
-    sed -i '1s|python$|python3|' {} \;
+    sed -i '1s|python$|%{ansible_python_executable}|' {} \;
 
 # remove .keep and .gitignore files
 find ./ansible_collections/ -iname .gitignore -delete
@@ -81,12 +93,12 @@ rm -rf ./ansible_collections/lowlydba/sqlserver/
 
 %install
 %python_install
-%fdupes %{buildroot}/%{python_sitelib}/ansible_collections/
+%fdupes %{buildroot}/%{ansible_python_sitelib}/ansible_collections/
 
 %files
 %doc CHANGELOG-v7.rst README.rst
 %license COPYING
 %{_bindir}/ansible-community
-%{python_sitelib}/*
+%{ansible_python_sitelib}/
 
 %changelog