diff --git a/libdb-4_8.changes b/libdb-4_8.changes
index 433bede..7eba641 100644
--- a/libdb-4_8.changes
+++ b/libdb-4_8.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Aug 19 11:46:55 UTC 2021 - Stefan Schubert <schubi@suse.de>
+
+- Use libalternatives instead of update-alternatives.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Aug 27 00:06:09 UTC 2019 - William Brown <william.brown@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/libdb-4_8.spec b/libdb-4_8.spec
index 9c1e026..1dea7d2 100644
--- a/libdb-4_8.spec
+++ b/libdb-4_8.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package libdb-4_8
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2019 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2021 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@
 #
 
 
+%if 0%{?suse_version} > 1500
+%bcond_without libalternatives
+%else
+%bcond_with libalternatives
+%endif
+
 %define util_list archive checkpoint deadlock dump hotbackup load printlog recover sql stat upgrade verify
 %define         generic_name db
 %define         major 4
@@ -48,7 +54,12 @@ This package contains the necessary runtime libraries.
 %package -n db48-utils
 Summary:        Command Line tools for Managing Berkeley DB Databases
 Group:          Productivity/Databases/Tools
+%if %{with libalternatives}
+Requires:       alts
+BuildRequires:  alts
+%else
 Requires(post): update-alternatives
+%endif
 Provides:       db-utils = %{version}
 Obsoletes:      db-utils < %{version}
 
@@ -164,6 +175,7 @@ mv %{buildroot}/%{_docdir}/%{name}/collections/tutorial %{buildroot}/%{_docdir}/
 # Remove crappy *.la files
 find %{buildroot} -type f -name "*.la" -delete -print
 
+%if ! %{with libalternatives}
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/alternatives
 
 for i in %{util_list}; do
@@ -173,11 +185,29 @@ for i in %{util_list}; do
     mv "%{buildroot}/%{_bindir}/db_$i" "%{buildroot}/%{_bindir}/db48_$i"
     ln -s "%{_sysconfdir}/alternatives/db_$i" "%{buildroot}%{_bindir}/db_$i"
 done
+%else
+for i in %{util_list}; do
+    mv "%{buildroot}/%{_bindir}/db_$i" "%{buildroot}/%{_bindir}/db48_$i"
+    ln -sf %{_bindir}/alts %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/db_$i
+    mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/libalternatives/db_$i
+    echo "binary=%{_bindir}/db48_$i" >%{buildroot}%{_datadir}/libalternatives/db_$i/48.conf
+done
+%endif
 
 %fdupes -s %{buildroot}
 
 %post -p /sbin/ldconfig
 %postun -p /sbin/ldconfig
+
+%if %{with libalternatives}
+%pre
+# removing old update-alternatives entries
+if [ "$1" -gt 0 ] && [ -f %{_sbindir}/update-alternatives ] ; then
+    for i in %{util_list}; do
+	update-alternatives --remove "db_$i" "%{_bindir}/db_$i"
+    done    
+fi    
+%else
 %post -n db48-utils
 for i in %{util_list}; do
 	update-alternatives --install "%{_bindir}/db_$i" \
@@ -188,6 +218,7 @@ done
 for i in %{util_list}; do
 	update-alternatives --remove "db_$i" "%{_bindir}/db_$i"
 done
+%endif
 
 %files
 %{_libdir}/libdb-%{major}.%{minor}.so
@@ -210,6 +241,7 @@ done
 
 %files -n db48-utils
 %{_bindir}/db48_*
+%if ! 0%{with libalternatives}
 %ghost %{_sysconfdir}/alternatives/db_archive
 %ghost %{_sysconfdir}/alternatives/db_checkpoint
 %ghost %{_sysconfdir}/alternatives/db_deadlock
@@ -222,6 +254,33 @@ done
 %ghost %{_sysconfdir}/alternatives/db_stat
 %ghost %{_sysconfdir}/alternatives/db_upgrade
 %ghost %{_sysconfdir}/alternatives/db_verify
+%else
+%dir %{_datadir}/libalternatives
+%dir %{_datadir}/libalternatives/db_archive
+%dir %{_datadir}/libalternatives/db_checkpoint
+%dir %{_datadir}/libalternatives/db_deadlock
+%dir %{_datadir}/libalternatives/db_dump
+%dir %{_datadir}/libalternatives/db_hotbackup
+%dir %{_datadir}/libalternatives/db_load
+%dir %{_datadir}/libalternatives/db_printlog
+%dir %{_datadir}/libalternatives/db_recover
+%dir %{_datadir}/libalternatives/db_sql
+%dir %{_datadir}/libalternatives/db_stat
+%dir %{_datadir}/libalternatives/db_upgrade
+%dir %{_datadir}/libalternatives/db_verify
+%{_datadir}/libalternatives/db_archive/*
+%{_datadir}/libalternatives/db_checkpoint/*
+%{_datadir}/libalternatives/db_deadlock/*
+%{_datadir}/libalternatives/db_dump/*
+%{_datadir}/libalternatives/db_hotbackup/*
+%{_datadir}/libalternatives/db_load/*
+%{_datadir}/libalternatives/db_printlog/*
+%{_datadir}/libalternatives/db_recover/*
+%{_datadir}/libalternatives/db_sql/*
+%{_datadir}/libalternatives/db_stat/*
+ %{_datadir}/libalternatives/db_upgrade/*
+%{_datadir}/libalternatives/db_verify/*
+%endif
 %{_bindir}/db_*
 
 %files devel
diff --git a/libdb_java-4_8.spec b/libdb_java-4_8.spec
index 8e7426a..ba7e2f5 100644
--- a/libdb_java-4_8.spec
+++ b/libdb_java-4_8.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package libdb_java-4_8
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2019 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2021 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed