diff --git a/python-oci-sdk.changes b/python-oci-sdk.changes
index 34c24b7..e629bc7 100644
--- a/python-oci-sdk.changes
+++ b/python-oci-sdk.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jul 17 20:15:52 UTC 2025 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- allow urllib3 >= 2
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Jun 25 11:48:50 UTC 2025 - John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <adrian.glaubitz@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-oci-sdk.spec b/python-oci-sdk.spec
index 8a713e0..ed5ec9a 100644
--- a/python-oci-sdk.spec
+++ b/python-oci-sdk.spec
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ Requires:       python-httpsig_cffi
 Requires:       python-requests
 Requires:       python-six
 Requires:       python-sseclient
-Requires:       python-urllib3 < 2
 # /SECTION
 BuildArch:      noarch
 # SECTION test requirements
@@ -63,7 +62,6 @@ BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytz >= 2016.10}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module requests}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module six}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module sseclient}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module urllib3 < 2}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module vcrpy >= 2.0.1}
 %if %{with python2}
 BuildRequires:  python-configparser >= 4.0.2