diff --git a/gobject-introspection.changes b/gobject-introspection.changes
index b5f928a..5a9af70 100644
--- a/gobject-introspection.changes
+++ b/gobject-introspection.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Apr 29 11:46:08 UTC 2024 - pgajdos@suse.com
+
+- remove dependency on /usr/bin/python3 using
+  %python3_fix_shebang macro, [bsc#1212476]
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Apr  8 13:59:57 UTC 2024 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
 
diff --git a/gobject-introspection.spec b/gobject-introspection.spec
index 0222166..34305d2 100644
--- a/gobject-introspection.spec
+++ b/gobject-introspection.spec
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ diff -s %{SOURCE3} gobject-introspection-typelib.installed
 %fdupes %{buildroot}
 # fixup shebangs in files installed to /usr/bin
 sed -i "s|%{_bindir}/env python|%{_bindir}/python|" %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/*
+%python3_fix_shebang
 
 %ldconfig_scriptlets -n libgirepository-1_0-1