diff --git a/runc.changes b/runc.changes
index 116b2ae..8d751b6 100644
--- a/runc.changes
+++ b/runc.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu May  4 19:04:49 UTC 2017 - jmassaguerpla@suse.com
+
+- fix the golang requirement to 1.7 to the subpackages 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue May  2 15:49:41 UTC 2017 - jmassaguerpla@suse.com
 
diff --git a/runc.spec b/runc.spec
index f835989..14876d6 100644
--- a/runc.spec
+++ b/runc.spec
@@ -63,8 +63,7 @@ and has grown to become a separate project entirely.
 Summary:        Test package for runc
 # Make sure we require go 1.7
 Group:          System/Management
-BuildRequires:  go < 1.8
-BuildRequires:  go >= 1.7
+BuildRequires:  golang(API) = 1.7
 Requires:       go-go-md2man
 Requires:       libapparmor-devel
 # Seccomp isn't supported on aarch64.