diff --git a/python-rpm.spec b/python-rpm.spec
index 2f8a589..fca1f42 100644
--- a/python-rpm.spec
+++ b/python-rpm.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-rpm
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2021 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2022 SUSE LLC
 # Copyright (c) 2017 Neal Gompa <ngompa13@gmail.com>.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
diff --git a/rpm.changes b/rpm.changes
index 3c2d707..a4ca96a 100644
--- a/rpm.changes
+++ b/rpm.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jan 28 14:19:02 UTC 2022 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- switch to glibc-locale-base to reduce system installation size
+  by ~220MB 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Dec 22 14:57:27 CET 2021 - olaf@aepfle.de
 
diff --git a/rpm.spec b/rpm.spec
index 8372ba5..2baf4c3 100644
--- a/rpm.spec
+++ b/rpm.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package rpm
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2021 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2022 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ Requires:       gcc
 #Requires:       gcc-PIE
 Requires:       gettext-tools
 Requires:       glibc-devel
-Requires:       glibc-locale
+Requires:       glibc-locale-base
 Requires:       grep
 Requires:       gzip
 Requires:       make
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ rm -rf sqlite
 %patch                         -P 24 -P 25 -P 26             -P 29
 %patch -P 30       -P 32 -P 33 -P 34       -P 36       -P 38
 %patch                   -P 43       -P 45 -P 46 -P 47
-%patch       -P 51                             
+%patch       -P 51
 %patch -P 60 -P 61                         -P 66 -P 67       -P 69
 %patch -P 70 -P 71       -P 73       -P 75       -P 77 -P 78
 %patch                               -P 85