diff --git a/perl-Exception-Class.changes b/perl-Exception-Class.changes
index a1cfeec..c5b3326 100644
--- a/perl-Exception-Class.changes
+++ b/perl-Exception-Class.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Dec  1 13:07:54 UTC 2010 - coolo@novell.com
+
+- switch to perl_requires macro
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Jul 25 19:37:37 CEST 2009 - chris@computersalat.de
 
diff --git a/perl-Exception-Class.spec b/perl-Exception-Class.spec
index b44cada..3882fd0 100644
--- a/perl-Exception-Class.spec
+++ b/perl-Exception-Class.spec
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ BuildRequires:  perl(Test::More) >= 0.46
 BuildRequires:  perl(Scalar::Util)
 BuildRequires:  perl(Class::Data::Inheritable) >= 0.02
 BuildRequires:  perl(Devel::StackTrace) >= 1.20
-Requires:  perl = %{perl_version}
+%{perl_requires}
 Requires:  perl(Scalar::Util)
 Requires:  perl(Class::Data::Inheritable) >= 0.02
 Requires:  perl(Devel::StackTrace) >= 1.20