diff --git a/python-coverage.changes b/python-coverage.changes
index 7bad00c..4ccef53 100644
--- a/python-coverage.changes
+++ b/python-coverage.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Aug 14 16:00:52 UTC 2023 - Matthias Fehring <buschmann23@opensuse.org>
+
+- specfile
+  * fix build on Leap 15 by moving sle15_python_module_pythons macro
+    to the top
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Aug 14 06:05:34 UTC 2023 - Arun Persaud <arun@gmx.de>
 
diff --git a/python-coverage.spec b/python-coverage.spec
index 5f3bddc..52b7981 100644
--- a/python-coverage.spec
+++ b/python-coverage.spec
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #
 
 
+%{?sle15_python_module_pythons}
 Name:           python-coverage
 Version:        7.3.0
 Release:        0
@@ -34,7 +35,6 @@ Requires(post): update-alternatives
 Requires(postun):update-alternatives
 # coverage[toml]
 Recommends:     python-tomli
-%{?sle15_python_module_pythons}
 # SECTION test requirements
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module flaky}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module hypothesis >= 6}