diff --git a/python-peewee.changes b/python-peewee.changes
index 802a475..3e884fc 100644
--- a/python-peewee.changes
+++ b/python-peewee.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Mar 18 16:01:40 UTC 2020 - Dirk Mueller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- switch to PyMSQL instead of mysql-connector-python, which is the 
+  default since 3.12.x and doesn't have vulnerabilities (bsc#1122204)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Mar 11 15:56:45 UTC 2020 - Marketa Calabkova <mcalabkova@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-peewee.spec b/python-peewee.spec
index 77d1cea..800c608 100644
--- a/python-peewee.spec
+++ b/python-peewee.spec
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ URL:            https://github.com/coleifer/peewee
 Source:         https://github.com/coleifer/peewee/archive/%{version}.tar.gz
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module Cython}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module Flask}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module PyMySQL}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module apsw}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module devel}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module mysql-connector-python}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module psycopg2}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
 BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
 BuildRequires:  unzip
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(sqlite3)
-Requires:       python
 %python_subpackages
 
 %description