diff --git a/xkeyboard-config.changes b/xkeyboard-config.changes
index bd224be..4d716a4 100644
--- a/xkeyboard-config.changes
+++ b/xkeyboard-config.changes
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ Tue Oct  4 18:24:40 UTC 2022 - Stefan Dirsch <sndirsch@suse.com>
   * bugfixes
 - supersedes U_Fixes-regression-from-c3c5d02-were-mistakenly-replac.patch
 
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Oct  3 12:37:21 UTC 2022 - Callum Farmer <gmbr3@opensuse.org>
+
+- Reduce python3 to python3-base
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Jun  2 13:35:01 UTC 2022 - Stefan Dirsch <sndirsch@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/xkeyboard-config.spec b/xkeyboard-config.spec
index 29c6641..b44a3f7 100644
--- a/xkeyboard-config.spec
+++ b/xkeyboard-config.spec
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  intltool
 BuildRequires:  meson
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
-BuildRequires:  python3
+BuildRequires:  python3-base
 BuildRequires:  xsltproc
 BuildRequires:  perl(XML::Parser)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(xorg-macros) >= 1.12