diff --git a/elixir.changes b/elixir.changes
index 77d9aac..fc8a60b 100644
--- a/elixir.changes
+++ b/elixir.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Feb  7 09:06:15 UTC 2023 - Gordon Leung <pirateclip@protonmail.com>
+
+- Drop git as a requires and switch buildrequires from git to git-core
+ * Git is not needed to use Elixir, only to run some tests
+   (which git-core can accomplish on its own without git)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Jan 10 11:50:09 UTC 2023 - Fabrizio Sestito <fabrizio.sestito@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/elixir.spec b/elixir.spec
index 0bc2159..5e4d9e8 100644
--- a/elixir.spec
+++ b/elixir.spec
@@ -27,17 +27,15 @@ Source0:        https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/archive/v%{version}.tar.gz
 Source2:        macros.elixir
 BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires:  make
-# required by Mix.SCM.Git see also (https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/issues/1386)
 Requires:       erlang >= 23
-Requires:       git >= 1.7
 BuildRequires:  erlang >= 23
 BuildRequires:  erlang-dialyzer
 BuildRequires:  erlang-src
-BuildRequires:  git >= 1.7
+# required by Mix.SCM.Git see also (https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/issues/1386)
+BuildRequires:  git-core >= 1.7
 BuildRequires:  unzip
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 BuildArch:      noarch
-Requires:       erlang
 
 %description
 Elixir is a functional meta-programming aware language built on top