diff --git a/python-sphinxcontrib-devhelp.changes b/python-sphinxcontrib-devhelp.changes
index 4b6e97f..7069ed6 100644
--- a/python-sphinxcontrib-devhelp.changes
+++ b/python-sphinxcontrib-devhelp.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Jan 14 10:42:57 UTC 2024 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- update to 1.0.6:
+  * Remove Sphinx as a required dependency, as circular
+    dependencies may cause failure with package managers that
+    expect a directed acyclic graph (DAG) of dependencies.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Sep  7 11:17:56 UTC 2023 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-sphinxcontrib-devhelp.spec b/python-sphinxcontrib-devhelp.spec
index eb635ab..14bbfa3 100644
--- a/python-sphinxcontrib-devhelp.spec
+++ b/python-sphinxcontrib-devhelp.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2023 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2024 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 %endif
 %{?sle15_python_module_pythons}
 Name:           python-sphinxcontrib-devhelp%{psuffix}
-Version:        1.0.5
+Version:        1.0.6
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Sphinx extension which outputs Devhelp documents
 License:        BSD-2-Clause
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ BuildRequires:  %{python_module pip}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module wheel}
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
-Requires:       python-Sphinx >= 5.0
 BuildArch:      noarch
 %python_subpackages
 
diff --git a/sphinxcontrib_devhelp-1.0.5.tar.gz b/sphinxcontrib_devhelp-1.0.5.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 0490be3..0000000
--- a/sphinxcontrib_devhelp-1.0.5.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:63b41e0d38207ca40ebbeabcf4d8e51f76c03e78cd61abe118cf4435c73d4212
-size 12343
diff --git a/sphinxcontrib_devhelp-1.0.6.tar.gz b/sphinxcontrib_devhelp-1.0.6.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..51bf1d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sphinxcontrib_devhelp-1.0.6.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:9893fd3f90506bc4b97bdb977ceb8fbd823989f4316b28c3841ec128544372d3
+size 12480