diff --git a/podman.changes b/podman.changes
index 8de449b..79e3cab 100644
--- a/podman.changes
+++ b/podman.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Apr 12 08:09:02 UTC 2022 - Richard Brown <rbrown@suse.com>
+
+- Require catatonit >= 0.1.7 for pause functionality needed by pods 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Apr  7 12:25:33 UTC 2022 - Fabian Vogt <fvogt@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/podman.spec b/podman.spec
index 342b5f7..f81234b 100644
--- a/podman.spec
+++ b/podman.spec
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libselinux)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libsystemd)
 Recommends:     apparmor-abstractions
 Recommends:     apparmor-parser
-Requires:       catatonit
+Requires:       catatonit >= 0.1.7
 Requires:       cni
 Requires:       cni-plugins
 Requires:       conmon >= 2.0.24