diff --git a/libqt5-qtwebengine.changes b/libqt5-qtwebengine.changes
index 947b640..a84936c 100644
--- a/libqt5-qtwebengine.changes
+++ b/libqt5-qtwebengine.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jul 28 19:03:30 UTC 2023 - Andreas Stieger <andreas.stieger@gmx.de>
+
+- build with older re2 on Tumbleweed, the upcoming re2 2023-07-01
+  breaks qtwebengine 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu May 25 15:01:57 UTC 2023 - christophe@krop.fr
 
diff --git a/libqt5-qtwebengine.spec b/libqt5-qtwebengine.spec
index b5ff491..5d57301 100644
--- a/libqt5-qtwebengine.spec
+++ b/libqt5-qtwebengine.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package libqt5-qtwebengine
 #
-# 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
@@ -171,7 +171,8 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(pangocairo)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(pangoft2)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(poppler-cpp)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(protobuf)
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(re2)
+# re2 >= 2023-07-01 breaks the build, use libre2-10-devel if needed
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(re2) <= 10.0.0
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(speex)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(sqlite3)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(vpx) >= 1.8.0