diff --git a/gnutls.changes b/gnutls.changes
index b9d7370..38fd390 100644
--- a/gnutls.changes
+++ b/gnutls.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Dec 12 08:58:58 UTC 2022 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- switch to pkgconfig(zlib) so that alternative providers can be
+  used
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Nov  8 12:52:18 UTC 2022 - Pedro Monreal <pmonreal@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/gnutls.spec b/gnutls.spec
index 6ff912a..867a2ed 100644
--- a/gnutls.spec
+++ b/gnutls.spec
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ BuildRequires:  makeinfo
 BuildRequires:  p11-kit-devel >= 0.23.1
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
 BuildRequires:  xz
-BuildRequires:  zlib-devel
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(autoopts)
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(zlib)
 %if %{with kcapi}
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libkcapi)
 %endif