diff --git a/python39.changes b/python39.changes
index cd17c25..0aad0b9 100644
--- a/python39.changes
+++ b/python39.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jun  4 21:36:30 UTC 2021 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- allow build with Sphinx >= 3.x 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Jun  2 13:12:04 UTC 2021 - Dan Čermák <dcermak@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python39.spec b/python39.spec
index 5bd3037..6f329e6 100644
--- a/python39.spec
+++ b/python39.spec
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libtirpc)
 %if %{with doc}
 # Here we just run sphinx and we can use generic one, we don't need
 # the flavor variant
-BuildRequires:  python3-Sphinx < 3.0
+BuildRequires:  python3-Sphinx
 %if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1500
 BuildRequires:  python3-python-docs-theme
 %endif