diff --git a/open-vm-tools.changes b/open-vm-tools.changes
index 48af836..18efcdf 100644
--- a/open-vm-tools.changes
+++ b/open-vm-tools.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Mar 27 15:36:58 UTC 2024 - Kirk Allan <kallan@suse.com>
+
+- Remove protobuf < 22 dependency from spec file (bsc#1217478)
+  Required linking with additional absl libraries for sle_version > 150400.
+
+- Use (boo#1222089) for updating open-vm-tools to version 12.4.0.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Mar 23 09:44:51 UTC 2024 - Johannes Kastl <opensuse_buildservice@ojkastl.de>
 
diff --git a/open-vm-tools.spec b/open-vm-tools.spec
index 4fd98bb..ef58582 100644
--- a/open-vm-tools.spec
+++ b/open-vm-tools.spec
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ BuildRequires:  update-desktop-files
 BuildRequires:  containerd-devel
 BuildRequires:  grpc-devel
 BuildRequires:  libcurl-devel
-BuildRequires:  protobuf-devel < 22
+BuildRequires:  protobuf-devel
 %define         arg_containerinfo --enable-containerinfo=yes
 %else
 %define         arg_containerinfo --enable-containerinfo=no
@@ -281,8 +281,8 @@ autoreconf -fi
 # (this is because of 'g_static_mutex_init' usage which is now deprecated)
 export CFLAGS="%{optflags} -Wno-unused-local-typedefs -Wno-unused-but-set-variable -Wno-deprecated-declarations -Wno-sizeof-pointer-memaccess -Wno-cpp -fPIE"
 export CXXFLAGS="%{optflags} -Wno-unused-local-typedefs -Wno-unused-but-set-variable -Wno-deprecated-declarations -Wno-sizeof-pointer-memaccess -Wno-cpp -fPIE"
-%if 0%{?suse_version} > 1500
-export LDFLAGS="-pie -ltirpc -labsl_synchronization -lgpr"
+%if 0%{?suse_version} > 1500 || 0%{?sle_version} >= 150400
+export LDFLAGS="-pie -ltirpc -lgrpc -labsl_synchronization -labsl_log_internal_check_op -labsl_log_internal_nullguard -labsl_log_internal_message"
 %else
 %if 0%{?sle_version} >= 150300
 export LDFLAGS="-pie -ltirpc"