diff --git a/mariadb.changes b/mariadb.changes
index 885ebfd..61a8a42 100644
--- a/mariadb.changes
+++ b/mariadb.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Sep  6 18:44:22 UTC 2023 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
+
+- Workaround build failure with fmt-10: require fmt < 10
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Aug 23 14:20:35 UTC 2023 - Danilo Spinella <danilo.spinella@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/mariadb.spec b/mariadb.spec
index aa7526d..eee2604 100644
--- a/mariadb.spec
+++ b/mariadb.spec
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ BuildRequires:  perl(Test::More)
 BuildRequires:  perl(Time::HiRes)
 # Do not ever switch away from BuildRequires: pkgconfig(libsystemd); BuildRequires systemd/systemd-devel causes build cycles
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libsystemd)
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(fmt)
+BuildRequires:  fmt-9-devel
 #!BuildIgnore:  user(mysql)
 # Required by rcmysql
 Requires:       %{name}-client