diff --git a/nuspell.changes b/nuspell.changes
index e8b7aed..7cb5640 100644
--- a/nuspell.changes
+++ b/nuspell.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Aug 23 15:07:59 UTC 2024 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
+
+- BuildRequire /usr/bin/ronn instead of rubygem(ronn): there are
+  alternatives around and the build does not care wich one is used.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Jul 24 04:32:43 UTC 2024 - Atri Bhattacharya <badshah400@gmail.com>
 
diff --git a/nuspell.spec b/nuspell.spec
index 4d38bb5..ae3d3a6 100644
--- a/nuspell.spec
+++ b/nuspell.spec
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ BuildRequires:  gcc10-c++
 %else
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 %endif
+BuildRequires:  /usr/bin/ronn
 BuildRequires:  graphviz
 BuildRequires:  libicu-devel
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
-BuildRequires:  rubygem(%{rb_default_ruby_abi}:ronn)
 Requires:       hunspell
 %if %{with man}
 BuildRequires:  pandoc