diff --git a/hunspell.changes b/hunspell.changes
index 34f08fe..0112ac1 100644
--- a/hunspell.changes
+++ b/hunspell.changes
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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 Tue May 10 08:55:30 UTC 2022 - pgajdos@suse.com
 
-- recommends english dictionary [bsc#1199209]
+- requires english dictionary [bsc#1199209]
 
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 Thu Jan  6 17:35:08 UTC 2022 - pgajdos@suse.com
diff --git a/hunspell.spec b/hunspell.spec
index 6b9f12f..7dd0673 100644
--- a/hunspell.spec
+++ b/hunspell.spec
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ BuildRequires:  readline-devel
 Recommends:     %{name}-tools
 Recommends:     unzip
 # bsc#1193627
-Recommends:     myspell-en_US
+Requires:       myspell-en_US
 
 %description
 Hunspell is a spell checker and morphological analyzer library and