diff --git a/openvswitch.changes b/openvswitch.changes
index e4942bc..f8f31a0 100644
--- a/openvswitch.changes
+++ b/openvswitch.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri May 13 15:52:24 UTC 2022 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
+
+- Allow dpdk version 21.11.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Apr 22 20:42:31 UTC 2022 - Ferdinand Thiessen <rpm@fthiessen.de>
 
diff --git a/openvswitch.spec b/openvswitch.spec
index 1daf083..ec307f9 100644
--- a/openvswitch.spec
+++ b/openvswitch.spec
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ Suggests:       openvswitch-kmp
 # We need to be a bit strict with the dpdk version since
 # it's very possible for DPDK to change it's API between
 # releases.
-BuildRequires:  dpdk-devel <= 21.11
+BuildRequires:  dpdk-devel <= 21.12
 BuildRequires:  dpdk-devel >= 20.11.0
 BuildRequires:  libmnl-devel
 BuildRequires:  libnuma-devel