diff --git a/perl-Package-DeprecationManager.changes b/perl-Package-DeprecationManager.changes
index ae269b9..78304b5 100644
--- a/perl-Package-DeprecationManager.changes
+++ b/perl-Package-DeprecationManager.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Dec  1 13:34:16 UTC 2010 - coolo@novell.com
+
+- switch to perl_requires macro
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Nov 11 19:43:05 UTC 2010 - chris@computersalat.de
 
diff --git a/perl-Package-DeprecationManager.spec b/perl-Package-DeprecationManager.spec
index af7cda0..526f19e 100644
--- a/perl-Package-DeprecationManager.spec
+++ b/perl-Package-DeprecationManager.spec
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ BuildRequires:  perl(Carp)
 BuildRequires:  perl(List::MoreUtils)
 BuildRequires:  perl(Params::Util)
 BuildRequires:  perl(Sub::Install)
-Requires:       perl = %{perl_version}
+%{perl_requires}
 Requires:       perl(Carp)
 Requires:       perl(List::MoreUtils)
 Requires:       perl(Params::Util)