diff --git a/pcre2.changes b/pcre2.changes
index 9d48d94..a46bbc1 100644
--- a/pcre2.changes
+++ b/pcre2.changes
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
--------------------------------------------------------------------
+------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Dec 12 20:19:14 UTC 2022 - Andreas Stieger <andreas.stieger@gmx.de>
 
 - pcre2 10.42:
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ Mon Dec 12 20:19:14 UTC 2022 - Andreas Stieger <andreas.stieger@gmx.de>
     couldn't compile
   * Fix an intermittent JIT fault and minor issues
 
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Dec 12 08:58:58 UTC 2022 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- switch to pkgconfig(zlib) so that alternative providers can be
+  used
+
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 Tue Dec  6 21:30:50 UTC 2022 - Andreas Stieger <andreas.stieger@gmx.de>
 
diff --git a/pcre2.spec b/pcre2.spec
index f1ff5eb..e45711a 100644
--- a/pcre2.spec
+++ b/pcre2.spec
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ BuildRequires:  libbz2-devel
 BuildRequires:  libedit-devel
 BuildRequires:  libtool
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
-BuildRequires:  zlib-devel
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(zlib)
 
 %description
 The PCRE2 library is a set of functions that implement regular