diff --git a/python-distributed.changes b/python-distributed.changes
index 20a3858..12001ab 100644
--- a/python-distributed.changes
+++ b/python-distributed.changes
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Aug 14 14:50:44 UTC 2024 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- switch to modern python for sle15
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jul  8 04:34:30 UTC 2024 - Steve Kowalik <steven.kowalik@suse.com>
 
-- Update to 2024.6.2: 
+- Update to 2024.6.2:
   * profile._f_lineno: handle next_line being None in Python 3.13
   * Cache global query-planning config
   * Python 3.13 fixes
diff --git a/python-distributed.spec b/python-distributed.spec
index b358f27..670f564 100644
--- a/python-distributed.spec
+++ b/python-distributed.spec
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 # use this to run tests with xdist in parallel, unfortunately fails server side
 %bcond_with paralleltests
 
+%{?sle15_python_module_pythons}
 Name:           python-distributed%{psuffix}
 # ===> Note: python-dask MUST be updated in sync with python-distributed! <===
 Version:        2024.6.2