diff --git a/python-Beaker.changes b/python-Beaker.changes
index 0a0c828..db11b00 100644
--- a/python-Beaker.changes
+++ b/python-Beaker.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Nov 23 13:35:32 UTC 2019 - Michael Ströder <michael@stroeder.com>
+
+- only recommend installation of package python-python-memcached
+
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 Mon Sep 23 14:43:25 UTC 2019 - pgajdos@suse.com
 
diff --git a/python-Beaker.spec b/python-Beaker.spec
index 0eef4f2..cbcf901 100644
--- a/python-Beaker.spec
+++ b/python-Beaker.spec
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@ BuildRequires:  python-funcsigs
 BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
 BuildRequires:  python3-dbm
 Requires:       python-pylibmc
-Requires:       python-python-memcached
 Requires:       python-setuptools
 Recommends:     python-SQLAlchemy
 Recommends:     python-cryptography
+Recommends:     python-python-memcached
 Recommends:     python-pycrypto
 Recommends:     python-pycryptopp >= 0.5.12
 Recommends:     python-pymongo