diff --git a/python-bcrypt.changes b/python-bcrypt.changes
index 2e8be59..833921e 100644
--- a/python-bcrypt.changes
+++ b/python-bcrypt.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed May 13 11:20:23 UTC 2020 - Antonio Larrosa <alarrosa@suse.com>
+
+- Relax the setuptools dependency on 40.8.0 to 40.5.0 since that
+  version is only required by upstream because of a pip issue
+  (see https://github.com/pyca/bcrypt/commit/bc8a55e70e179a59fa89fb109353182f8f438e00).
+  This way we can build in SLE 15 SP2 / Leap 15.2 .
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Jul 28 16:11:38 UTC 2019 - Arun Persaud <arun@gmx.de>
 
diff --git a/python-bcrypt.spec b/python-bcrypt.spec
index 9f1e53a..80a9356 100644
--- a/python-bcrypt.spec
+++ b/python-bcrypt.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-bcrypt
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2019 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2020 SUSE LLC
 # Copyright (c) 2016, Martin Hauke <mardnh@gmx.de>
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ Source:         https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/b/bcrypt/bcrypt-%
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module cffi >= 1.1}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module devel}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest >= 3.2.1}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools >= 40.8.0}
+# setuptools 40.8.0 is required by upstream only for a pip issue that doesn't
+# affect us, so we relax the requirement to build in SLE/Leap 15.2 with 40.5.0
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools >= 40.5.0}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module six >= 1.4.1}
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig