diff --git a/kanidm.changes b/kanidm.changes
index 11be255..21771a8 100644
--- a/kanidm.changes
+++ b/kanidm.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Sep 12 00:23:51 UTC 2024 - William Brown <william.brown@suse.com>
+
+- explicitly depend on cargo to pull in latest compiler revision
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Aug 20 02:20:12 UTC 2024 - william.brown@suse.com
 
diff --git a/kanidm.spec b/kanidm.spec
index d70def8..6fea295 100644
--- a/kanidm.spec
+++ b/kanidm.spec
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ URL:            https://github.com/Firstyear/kanidm
 Source:         kanidm-%{version}.tar.zst
 Source1:        vendor.tar.zst
 
+BuildRequires:  cargo
 BuildRequires:  cargo-packaging
 %if 0%{?is_opensuse}
 BuildRequires:  llvm-clang >= 13