diff --git a/deja-dup.changes b/deja-dup.changes
index 86f89b9..25b8c90 100644
--- a/deja-dup.changes
+++ b/deja-dup.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jun 15 15:50:00 UTC 2021 - Michael Gorse <mgorse@suse.com>
+
+- Up duplicity dependency to Requires: deja-dup cannot run without
+  it (boo#1187256).
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Mar 18 13:41:35 UTC 2021 - Paolo Stivanin <info@paolostivanin.com>
 
diff --git a/deja-dup.spec b/deja-dup.spec
index 9f1ee27..a178b32 100644
--- a/deja-dup.spec
+++ b/deja-dup.spec
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libnotify) >= 0.7
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libsecret-1)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libsoup-2.4)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(packagekit-glib2) >= 0.6.5
-Recommends:     duplicity >= 0.6.25
+Requires:       duplicity >= 0.6.25
 
 %description
 Déjà  Dup is a simple backup tool. It hides the complexity of doing