diff --git a/python-sphinxcontrib-htmlhelp.changes b/python-sphinxcontrib-htmlhelp.changes
index bdb157c..1d3163a 100644
--- a/python-sphinxcontrib-htmlhelp.changes
+++ b/python-sphinxcontrib-htmlhelp.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Jan 14 10:47:30 UTC 2024 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- update to 2.0.5:
+  * Remove Sphinx as a required dependency, as circular
+    dependencies may cause failure with package managers that
+    expect a directed acyclic graph (DAG) of dependencies.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Aug 29 18:06:26 UTC 2023 - Matej Cepl <mcepl@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-sphinxcontrib-htmlhelp.spec b/python-sphinxcontrib-htmlhelp.spec
index cb2516c..d17e81f 100644
--- a/python-sphinxcontrib-htmlhelp.spec
+++ b/python-sphinxcontrib-htmlhelp.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
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 %bcond_with test
 %endif
 Name:           python-sphinxcontrib-htmlhelp%{psuffix}
-Version:        2.0.4
+Version:        2.0.5
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Sphinx contrib extension to generate html help files
 License:        BSD-2-Clause
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ BuildRequires:  %{python_module pip}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module wheel}
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
-Requires:       python-Sphinx >= 5.0
 BuildArch:      noarch
 %if %{with test}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module Sphinx >= 5.0}
diff --git a/sphinxcontrib_htmlhelp-2.0.4.tar.gz b/sphinxcontrib_htmlhelp-2.0.4.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index f9add13..0000000
--- a/sphinxcontrib_htmlhelp-2.0.4.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:6c26a118a05b76000738429b724a0568dbde5b72391a688577da08f11891092a
-size 21799
diff --git a/sphinxcontrib_htmlhelp-2.0.5.tar.gz b/sphinxcontrib_htmlhelp-2.0.5.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad2e1df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sphinxcontrib_htmlhelp-2.0.5.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:0dc87637d5de53dd5eec3a6a01753b1ccf99494bd756aafecd74b4fa9e729015
+size 21925