diff --git a/slurm.changes b/slurm.changes
index 291be19..d5a5d44 100644
--- a/slurm.changes
+++ b/slurm.changes
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Mon Apr 17 19:16:40 UTC 2023 - Egbert Eich <eich@suse.com>
   The Slurm version in this package as 16.05. Any attempt to
   directly migrate to the current version is bound to fail
   anyway.
+- Now require slurm-munge if munge authentication is installed.
 
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 Fri Mar 31 07:37:01 UTC 2023 - Christian Goll <cgoll@suse.com>
diff --git a/slurm.spec b/slurm.spec
index 46c2d71..0c34e51 100644
--- a/slurm.spec
+++ b/slurm.spec
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ Patch15:        Fix-test7.2-to-find-libpmix-under-lib64-as-well.patch
 
 Requires:       %{name}-config = %{version}
 %if 0%{?have_boolean_deps}
-Recommends:     (%{name}-munge = %version if munge)
+Requires:       (%{name}-munge = %version if munge)
 %else
 Recommends:     %{name}-munge = %version
 %endif
@@ -627,11 +627,11 @@ Requires:       expect
 Requires:       gcc-c++
 Requires:       libnuma-devel
 %ts_depends:     openmpi4-gnu-hpc-devel
+Requires:       pam
 Requires:       pdsh
 Requires:       perl-%{name} = %version
 Requires:       sudo
 Requires:       tar
-Requires:       config(pam)
 BuildRequires:  sudo
 
 %description testsuite