diff --git a/runc.changes b/runc.changes
index 83fa52a..116b2ae 100644
--- a/runc.changes
+++ b/runc.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue May  2 15:49:41 UTC 2017 - jmassaguerpla@suse.com
+
+- fix golang requirement to 1.7 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Apr 28 16:16:00 UTC 2017 - jengelh@inai.de
 
diff --git a/runc.spec b/runc.spec
index 6c89dae..f835989 100644
--- a/runc.spec
+++ b/runc.spec
@@ -42,10 +42,9 @@ Source:         %{name}-git.%{git_version}.tar.xz
 Patch0:         CVE-2016-9962.patch
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 # Make sure we require go 1.7
-BuildRequires:  go < 1.8
-BuildRequires:  go >= 1.7
 BuildRequires:  go-go-md2man
 BuildRequires:  libapparmor-devel
+BuildRequires:  golang(API) = 1.7
 # Seccomp isn't supported on aarch64.
 %ifnarch aarch64
 BuildRequires:  libseccomp-devel