diff --git a/jython.changes b/jython.changes
index 9222188..529eac2 100644
--- a/jython.changes
+++ b/jython.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jul 21 09:10:18 UTC 2015 - tchvatal@suse.com
+
+- Do not add release to the readline requirement
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Feb  4 14:23:46 UTC 2015 - tchvatal@suse.com
 
diff --git a/jython.spec b/jython.spec
index 9e655be..7200991 100644
--- a/jython.spec
+++ b/jython.spec
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Patch4:         %{name}-makeCompiledFilename.patch
 Patch5:         %{name}-cached-classes.patch
 Requires:       jakarta-oro
 Requires:       javapackages-tools
-Requires:       libreadline-java >= 0.8.0-16
+Requires:       libreadline-java >= 0.8.0
 Requires:       python >= %{cpython_version}
 Requires:       servletapi5
 Recommends:     mysql-connector-java
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ BuildRequires:  ant
 BuildRequires:  ht2html
 BuildRequires:  jakarta-oro
 BuildRequires:  java-devel >= 1.6.0
-BuildRequires:  libreadline-java >= 0.8.0-16
+BuildRequires:  libreadline-java >= 0.8.0
 BuildRequires:  mysql-connector-java
 BuildRequires:  python >= %{cpython_version}
 BuildRequires:  pyxml >= %{pyxml_version}