diff --git a/python-pandas.changes b/python-pandas.changes
index 05a0dcf..8a76892 100644
--- a/python-pandas.changes
+++ b/python-pandas.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Oct 14 03:55:05 UTC 2023 - Bernhard Wiedemann <bwiedemann@suse.com>
+
+- Fix random build failures
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Oct  7 20:22:18 UTC 2023 - Ben Greiner <code@bnavigator.de>
 
diff --git a/python-pandas.spec b/python-pandas.spec
index 182a677..83eb044 100644
--- a/python-pandas.spec
+++ b/python-pandas.spec
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ You can install them directly through `pip3 install --user`, if needed.
 %setup -q -n pandas-%{version}
 %if !%{with test}
 # any installed python3 will do (SLE15 python module pythons does note guarantee /usr/bin/python3)
-firstpython3=$(find %{_bindir} -name 'python3*' -print -quit)
+firstpython3=$(find %{_bindir} -regex '.*/python3[.0-9]*' -print -quit)
 ${firstpython3} generate_version.py -o _version_meson.py
 sed -i "s|'python', 'generate_version.py',|'${firstpython3}', 'generate_version.py',|" meson.build
 # don't require the PyPI data only tzdata package, we use the timezone RPM package