diff --git a/rpmlint.changes b/rpmlint.changes
index 8594f6e..54d8e62 100644
--- a/rpmlint.changes
+++ b/rpmlint.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Mar 10 12:48:45 UTC 2024 - Ben Greiner <code@bnavigator.de>
+
+- Fix tomli requirement: It was never pulled in by obs explicitly
+  but declared required in rpmbuild. Pytest removed the requirement
+  that masked this issue.We actually don't need it with
+  python >= 3.11
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Mar 08 12:28:46 UTC 2024 - filippo.bonazzi@suse.com
 
diff --git a/rpmlint.spec b/rpmlint.spec
index b559fe0..5f90e36 100644
--- a/rpmlint.spec
+++ b/rpmlint.spec
@@ -51,9 +51,7 @@ BuildRequires:  python3-pytest-xdist
 BuildRequires:  python3-python-magic
 BuildRequires:  python3-pyxdg
 BuildRequires:  python3-rpm
-%if 0%{?python3_version_nodots < 311}
-BuildRequires:  python3-tomli
-%endif
+BuildRequires:  (python3-tomli if python3-base < 3.11)
 BuildRequires:  python3-tomli-w
 BuildRequires:  python3-zstandard
 BuildRequires:  xz