diff --git a/podman.changes b/podman.changes
index 5911589..d841153 100644
--- a/podman.changes
+++ b/podman.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jun 29 09:19:01 UTC 2023 - Danish Prakash <danish.prakash@suse.com>
+
+- Don't unconditionally Obsolete podman-cni-config, ensure clean upgrade path.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Jun 27 12:04:49 UTC 2023 - Danish Prakash <danish.prakash@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/podman.spec b/podman.spec
index d41f5f7..15dd6f9 100644
--- a/podman.spec
+++ b/podman.spec
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ Requires:       timezone
 Suggests:       katacontainers
 
 # deprecate unused podman-cni-config subpackage
-Provides:       %{name}-cni-config
-Obsoletes:      %{name}-cni-config
+Provides:       %{name}-cni-config = %{version}
+Obsoletes:      %{name}-cni-config < 4.5.1
 
 
 %description