diff --git a/neovim.changes b/neovim.changes
index 892594b..bb5b91a 100644
--- a/neovim.changes
+++ b/neovim.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Apr 19 06:58:18 UTC 2022 - Andreas Schneider <asn@cryptomilk.org>
+
+- Only recommend python3-neovim.
+
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 Sun Apr 17 08:19:26 UTC 2022 - Soc Virnyl Estela <socvirnyl.estela@gmail.com>
 
diff --git a/neovim.spec b/neovim.spec
index 12fffc9..98e3901 100644
--- a/neovim.spec
+++ b/neovim.spec
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ BuildRequires:  unzip
 BuildRequires:  update-desktop-files
 Requires:       gperf
 Requires:       libvterm0 >= 0.1
-Requires:       python3-neovim
+Recommends:     python3-neovim
 Requires(post): desktop-file-utils
 Requires(postun):desktop-file-utils
 # XSel provides access to the system clipboard