diff --git a/baselibs.conf b/baselibs.conf
index 92c6ebb..c57675e 100644
--- a/baselibs.conf
+++ b/baselibs.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-libsnmp40
+libsnmp39
 net-snmp-devel
    requires -net-snmp-<targettype>
-   requires "libsnmp40-<targettype> = <version>"
+   requires "libsnmp39-<targettype> = <version>"
diff --git a/net-snmp.changes b/net-snmp.changes
index 85f9674..b7c4ec6 100644
--- a/net-snmp.changes
+++ b/net-snmp.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jul 12 14:18:13 UTC 2022 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
+
+- Rename libsnmp40 subpackage to libsnmp39: the libraries are all
+  having soversion 39.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jul  4 15:06:59 UTC 2022 - Alexander Bergmann <abergmann@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/net-snmp.spec b/net-snmp.spec
index 6596336..ceeffd7 100644
--- a/net-snmp.spec
+++ b/net-snmp.spec
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 %ifnarch s390 s390x
 %define netsnmp_with_sensors 1
 %endif
-%define libname libsnmp40
+%define libname libsnmp39
 %bcond_without python2
 Name:           net-snmp
 Version:        5.9.2
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ License:        BSD-3-Clause AND MIT
 Group:          System/Libraries
 Requires:       perl-base = %{perl_version}
 Requires:       snmp-mibs >= %{version}
+# Version 5.9.2 was wrongly packaging .so.39 in libsnmp40
+Conflicts:      libsnmp40 <= 5.9.2
 
 %description -n %{libname}
 Net-SNMP is a suite of applications used to implement SNMP v1, SNMP v2c