diff --git a/putty.changes b/putty.changes
index 3107853..55d69d0 100644
--- a/putty.changes
+++ b/putty.changes
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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 Thu Dec 14 18:31:53 UTC 2017 - jengelh@inai.de
 
-- Update python BuildRequire to python3-base
+- Update python BuildRequire to python-base
 
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 Thu Dec 14 11:21:17 UTC 2017 - jengelh@inai.de
diff --git a/putty.spec b/putty.spec
index c2cb8ed..dcccb51 100644
--- a/putty.spec
+++ b/putty.spec
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 BuildRequires:  ImageMagick
 BuildRequires:  gtk3-devel
 BuildRequires:  krb5-devel
-BuildRequires:  python3-base
+BuildRequires:  python-base
 BuildRequires:  update-desktop-files
 Conflicts:      pssh