diff --git a/python-versioningit.changes b/python-versioningit.changes
index 51be277..ec46f89 100644
--- a/python-versioningit.changes
+++ b/python-versioningit.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Mar 13 10:11:20 UTC 2024 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- restrit to pydantic 1.x
+
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 Sun Feb 12 01:30:01 UTC 2023 - Tejas Guruswamy <tejas.guruswamy@opensuse.org>
 
@@ -8,7 +13,7 @@ Sun Feb 12 01:30:01 UTC 2023 - Tejas Guruswamy <tejas.guruswamy@opensuse.org>
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 Wed Nov  9 19:36:14 UTC 2022 - Yogalakshmi Arunachalam <yarunachalam@suse.com>
 
-- Update to version 2.1.0 
+- Update to version 2.1.0
   * Drop support for Python 3.6
   * Support Python 3.11
   * Use tomllib on Python 3.11
@@ -16,7 +21,7 @@ Wed Nov  9 19:36:14 UTC 2022 - Yogalakshmi Arunachalam <yarunachalam@suse.com>
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 Tue Oct 11 16:52:39 UTC 2022 - Yogalakshmi Arunachalam <yarunachalam@suse.com>
 
-- Update to version 2.0.1 
+- Update to version 2.0.1
   * Don't run the onbuild step under setuptools' upcoming PEP 660 editable mode (contributed by @abravalheri)
 
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diff --git a/python-versioningit.spec b/python-versioningit.spec
index 1f6549c..da3dc6f 100644
--- a/python-versioningit.spec
+++ b/python-versioningit.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-versioningit
 #
-# 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
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ BuildRequires:  python3 >= 3.7
 # SECTION test requirements
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module packaging}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module build}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module pydantic}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module pydantic < 2}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest-cov}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest-mock}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest}
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ Requires:       alts
 BuildRequires:  alts
 %else
 Requires(post): update-alternatives
-Requires(postun):update-alternatives
+Requires(postun): update-alternatives
 %endif
 BuildArch:      noarch
 %python_subpackages