diff --git a/git.changes b/git.changes
index ebbaf16..de1615e 100644
--- a/git.changes
+++ b/git.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon May 27 10:12:52 UTC 2024 - Matej Cepl <mcepl@cepl.eu>
+
+- remove dependency on /usr/bin/python3 using
+  %python3_fix_shebang_path macro, [bsc#1212476]
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue May 14 22:38:09 UTC 2024 - Andreas Stieger <andreas.stieger@gmx.de>
 
diff --git a/git.spec b/git.spec
index 046a4c7..a7619c7 100644
--- a/git.spec
+++ b/git.spec
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ BuildRequires:  perl-Error
 BuildRequires:  perl-MailTools
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
 BuildRequires:  python3-base
+# for the %%python3_fix_shebang_path macro
+BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
 BuildRequires:  systemd-rpm-macros
 BuildRequires:  tcsh
 BuildRequires:  update-desktop-files
@@ -443,6 +445,10 @@ install -m 0644 %{SOURCE11} %{buildroot}%{_sysusersdir}/
 
 %find_lang %{name}
 cat %{name}.lang >>bin-man-doc-files
+
+# fix shebang for git-p4 (and possibly others)
+%python3_fix_shebang_path %{buildroot}%{gitexecdir}/*
+
 # use symlinks instead of hardlinks in sub-commands
 %fdupes -s %{buildroot}