diff --git a/python-sphinxcontrib-qthelp.changes b/python-sphinxcontrib-qthelp.changes
index ecabda7..3e767d9 100644
--- a/python-sphinxcontrib-qthelp.changes
+++ b/python-sphinxcontrib-qthelp.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Jan 14 10:48:17 UTC 2024 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- update to 1.0.7:
+  * 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 19:07:11 UTC 2023 - Matej Cepl <mcepl@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-sphinxcontrib-qthelp.spec b/python-sphinxcontrib-qthelp.spec
index 4d8b2f5..a3c54f3 100644
--- a/python-sphinxcontrib-qthelp.spec
+++ b/python-sphinxcontrib-qthelp.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 @@
 %endif
 %{?sle15_python_module_pythons}
 Name:           python-sphinxcontrib-qthelp%{psuffix}
-Version:        1.0.6
+Version:        1.0.7
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Sphinx extension which outputs QtHelp
 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_qthelp-1.0.6.tar.gz b/sphinxcontrib_qthelp-1.0.6.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index dbb53d2..0000000
--- a/sphinxcontrib_qthelp-1.0.6.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
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-oid sha256:62b9d1a186ab7f5ee3356d906f648cacb7a6bdb94d201ee7adf26db55092982d
-size 16555
diff --git a/sphinxcontrib_qthelp-1.0.7.tar.gz b/sphinxcontrib_qthelp-1.0.7.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..56b931d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sphinxcontrib_qthelp-1.0.7.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
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+size 16685