diff --git a/libgusb.changes b/libgusb.changes
index ece79e3..2a4edba 100644
--- a/libgusb.changes
+++ b/libgusb.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Feb 15 13:20:14 UTC 2024 - Michael Gorse <mgorse@suse.com>
+
+- Explicitly require python311-packaging if python 3.11 is being
+  used. On SLE, python 3.6 is still the default, but 3.11 is used
+  by meson. Drop python3-base from BuildRequires: it is not
+  needed, since python will be pulled in by meson.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Nov  7 16:25:01 UTC 2023 - Bjørn Lie <bjorn.lie@gmail.com>
 
diff --git a/libgusb.spec b/libgusb.spec
index 1e8db3c..b215628 100644
--- a/libgusb.spec
+++ b/libgusb.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package libgusb
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2023 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2024 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ Source99:       baselibs.conf
 Patch0:         no-pkg-resources.patch
 BuildRequires:  meson
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
-BuildRequires:  python3-base
-BuildRequires:  python3-packaging
 BuildRequires:  vala
+BuildRequires:  (python3-packaging if python3-base)
+BuildRequires:  (python311-packaging if python311-base)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gi-docgen)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(glib-2.0) >= 2.44.0
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gobject-introspection-1.0) >= 1.29