diff --git a/libvirt-10.8.0.tar.xz b/libvirt-10.8.0.tar.xz
index ac1190c..6a735e6 100644
--- a/libvirt-10.8.0.tar.xz
+++ b/libvirt-10.8.0.tar.xz
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:bbd976d3f0fb0a98ec4a35f997167ae78dbcc58a092a94e7426fcb8e1260883c
-size 9932916
+oid sha256:5cf1de5dc9bdf0c6b26be365d8e8d7016bbddae37b160cddc5eceb7185b5309d
+size 9932320
diff --git a/libvirt.changes b/libvirt.changes
index 9b2d4da..6a48774 100644
--- a/libvirt.changes
+++ b/libvirt.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Oct 22 15:59:15 UTC 2024 - James Fehlig <jfehlig@suse.com>
+
+- spec: Use default_firewall_backend prjconf setting
+- spec: Loosen nwfilter dependency
+  boo#1231798
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Oct  1 19:57:06 UTC 2024 - James Fehlig <jfehlig@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/libvirt.spec b/libvirt.spec
index 829343c..c9ee0ac 100644
--- a/libvirt.spec
+++ b/libvirt.spec
@@ -123,9 +123,8 @@
     %define with_storage_gluster 0
 %endif
 
-# Prefer nftables for Tumbleweed, but keep using iptables for distros based
-# on SLE15 codestream
-%if 0%{?suse_version} > 1500
+# Prefer nftables if available
+%if "%{?default_firewall_backend}" == "nftables"
     %define prefer_nftables 1
     %define firewall_backend_priority nftables,iptables
 %else
@@ -690,7 +689,7 @@ Requires:       %{name}-daemon-driver-interface = %{version}-%{release}
 %endif
 Requires:       %{name}-daemon-driver-network = %{version}-%{release}
 Requires:       %{name}-daemon-driver-nodedev = %{version}-%{release}
-Requires:       %{name}-daemon-driver-nwfilter = %{version}-%{release}
+Recommends:     %{name}-daemon-driver-nwfilter = %{version}-%{release}
 Requires:       %{name}-daemon-driver-qemu = %{version}-%{release}
 Requires:       %{name}-daemon-driver-secret = %{version}-%{release}
 Requires:       %{name}-daemon-driver-storage = %{version}-%{release}
@@ -712,7 +711,7 @@ Requires:       %{name}-daemon-driver-interface = %{version}-%{release}
 Requires:       %{name}-daemon-driver-lxc = %{version}-%{release}
 Requires:       %{name}-daemon-driver-network = %{version}-%{release}
 Requires:       %{name}-daemon-driver-nodedev = %{version}-%{release}
-Requires:       %{name}-daemon-driver-nwfilter = %{version}-%{release}
+Recommends:     %{name}-daemon-driver-nwfilter = %{version}-%{release}
 Requires:       %{name}-daemon-driver-secret = %{version}-%{release}
 Requires:       %{name}-daemon-driver-storage = %{version}-%{release}
 
@@ -734,7 +733,6 @@ Requires:       %{name}-daemon-driver-interface = %{version}-%{release}
 Requires:       %{name}-daemon-driver-libxl = %{version}-%{release}
 Requires:       %{name}-daemon-driver-network = %{version}-%{release}
 Requires:       %{name}-daemon-driver-nodedev = %{version}-%{release}
-Requires:       %{name}-daemon-driver-nwfilter = %{version}-%{release}
 Requires:       %{name}-daemon-driver-secret = %{version}-%{release}
 Requires:       %{name}-daemon-driver-storage = %{version}-%{release}
 Requires:       xen
@@ -753,7 +751,7 @@ Requires:       %{name}-daemon-driver-interface = %{version}-%{release}
 %endif
 Requires:       %{name}-daemon-driver-network = %{version}-%{release}
 Requires:       %{name}-daemon-driver-nodedev = %{version}-%{release}
-Requires:       %{name}-daemon-driver-nwfilter = %{version}-%{release}
+Recommends:     %{name}-daemon-driver-nwfilter = %{version}-%{release}
 Requires:       %{name}-daemon-driver-secret = %{version}-%{release}
 Requires:       %{name}-daemon-driver-storage = %{version}-%{release}
 Requires:       %{name}-daemon-driver-vbox = %{version}-%{release}