diff --git a/python-zstandard.changes b/python-zstandard.changes
index 62a9828..61213a4 100644
--- a/python-zstandard.changes
+++ b/python-zstandard.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Dec  5 18:21:01 UTC 2022 - Yogalakshmi Arunachalam <yarunachalam@suse.com>
+
+-  Fixed spec file to include exceptiongroup 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Nov 20 04:47:59 UTC 2022 - Mia Herkt <mia@0x0.st>
 
diff --git a/python-zstandard.spec b/python-zstandard.spec
index 6692ca3..78871f8 100644
--- a/python-zstandard.spec
+++ b/python-zstandard.spec
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ Requires:       zstd
 Conflicts:      python-zstd
 # SECTION test requirements
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module cffi >= 1.11}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module exceptiongroup}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module hypothesis}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest-xdist}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest}