diff --git a/matrix-synapse.changes b/matrix-synapse.changes
index 209981f..dcd911f 100644
--- a/matrix-synapse.changes
+++ b/matrix-synapse.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jun  4 20:54:32 UTC 2020 - Marcus Rueckert <mrueckert@suse.de>
+
+- make sure we do not pull too new prometheus bindings
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu May 28 11:05:04 UTC 2020 - Marcus Rueckert <mrueckert@suse.de>
 
diff --git a/matrix-synapse.spec b/matrix-synapse.spec
index 7af8b7b..00ce08c 100644
--- a/matrix-synapse.spec
+++ b/matrix-synapse.spec
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ BuildRequires:  python3-netaddr >= 0.7.18
 %requires_eq    python3-netaddr
 BuildRequires:  python3-phonenumbers >= 8.2.0
 %requires_eq    python3-phonenumbers
-BuildRequires:  python3-prometheus_client >= 0.4.0
+BuildRequires:  (python3-prometheus_client >= 0.4.0 with python3-prometheus_client < 0.8.0)
 %requires_eq    python3-prometheus_client
 BuildRequires:  python3-psutil >= 2.0.0
 %requires_eq    python3-psutil