diff --git a/libheimdal.changes b/libheimdal.changes
index 628b74a..80cc8c8 100644
--- a/libheimdal.changes
+++ b/libheimdal.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jan 10 19:30:57 UTC 2023 - Marcus Meissner <meissner@suse.com>
+
+- replace libheimdal conflicts by obsoletes / provides to provide a
+  smooth update in the new libheimdal-devel.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Dec 21 09:53:45 UTC 2022 - enzokiel@kabelmail.de
 
diff --git a/libheimdal.spec b/libheimdal.spec
index 2167152..628179f 100644
--- a/libheimdal.spec
+++ b/libheimdal.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package libheimdal
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2022 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2023 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -227,7 +227,8 @@ Requires:       pkgconfig(ncurses) >= 5.3
 Requires:       pkgconfig(sqlite3)
 Conflicts:      krb5-devel
 Conflicts:      krb5-mini-devel
-Conflicts:      libheimdal < %{version}-%{release}
+Provides:       libheimdal = %{version}-%{release}
+Obsoletes:      libheimdal < %{version}-%{release}
 
 %description devel
 Heimdal is an implementation of Kerberos 5 (and some more stuff) largely written