diff --git a/python-kombu.changes b/python-kombu.changes
index 1c4004c..6a1ca9a 100644
--- a/python-kombu.changes
+++ b/python-kombu.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jan 15 13:08:55 UTC 2013 - saschpe@suse.de
+
+- Remove the upper bound on the python-amqp requirement. We have a
+  never one and this shouldn't be a real issue
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Jan 11 16:05:28 UTC 2013 - p.drouand@gmail.com
 
diff --git a/python-kombu.spec b/python-kombu.spec
index 46148c6..a9493a1 100644
--- a/python-kombu.spec
+++ b/python-kombu.spec
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ BuildRequires:  python-mock
 BuildRequires:  python-msgpack-python
 BuildRequires:  python-nose-cover3
 BuildRequires:  python-simplejson
-BuildRequires:  python-unittest2
+BuildRequires:  python-unittest2 >= 0.5.0
 BuildRequires:  python-PyYAML
-Requires:       python-amqp
-Requires:       python-anyjson
+Requires:       python-amqp >= 1.0.5
+Requires:       python-anyjson >= 0.3.3
 %if 0%{?suse_version} && 0%{?suse_version} <= 1110
 Requires:       python-importlib
 Requires:       python-ordereddict
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ provide proven and tested solutions to common messaging problems.
 %setup -q -n kombu-%{version}
 # For rpmlint warning: remove shebang from python library:
 sed -i '/^#!/d' ./kombu/tests/test_serialization.py
+# NOTE(saschpe): We have a newer python-amqp, but this shouldn't be an issue:
+sed -i "s|amqp>=1.0.5,<1.1.0|amqp>=1.0.5|" requirements/default.txt
 
 %build
 python setup.py build