diff --git a/cookiecutter.changes b/cookiecutter.changes
index a721d04..5f8e962 100644
--- a/cookiecutter.changes
+++ b/cookiecutter.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu May 11 08:21:49 UTC 2023 - Johannes Kastl <kastl@b1-systems.de>
+
+- fix leftover python3 BuildRequires and use the python_module
+  macros. This allows builds on SLE15 with python3.11
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed May 10 08:40:52 UTC 2023 - Johannes Kastl <kastl@b1-systems.de>
+
+- add sle15_python_module_pythons
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Jun 21 09:02:36 UTC 2022 - Sebastian Wagner <sebix+novell.com@sebix.at>
 
diff --git a/cookiecutter.spec b/cookiecutter.spec
index 0514812..35d059e 100644
--- a/cookiecutter.spec
+++ b/cookiecutter.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package cookiecutter
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2022 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2023 SUSE LLC
 # Copyright (c) 2017 LISA GmbH, Bingen, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #
 
 
-%define skip_python2 1
+%{?sle15_python_module_pythons}
 Name:           cookiecutter
 Version:        2.1.1
 Release:        0
@@ -64,12 +64,12 @@ BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module requests >= 2.18.0}
 # /SECTION
 # SECTION Documentation requirements
-BuildRequires:  python3-Sphinx
-BuildRequires:  python3-sphinx-click
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module Sphinx}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module sphinx-click}
 %if 0%{?sle_version} == 150300
-BuildRequires:  python3-commonmark
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module commonmark}
 %endif
-BuildRequires:  python3-recommonmark
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module recommonmark}
 # /SECTION
 %if "%{python_flavor}" == "python3" || "%{python_provides}" == "python3"
 Provides:       cookiecutter = %{version}-%{release}