diff --git a/matrix-synapse.changes b/matrix-synapse.changes
index 35d716a..c9409f2 100644
--- a/matrix-synapse.changes
+++ b/matrix-synapse.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Feb 20 12:45:02 UTC 2023 - Marcus Rueckert <mrueckert@suse.de>
+
+- lock matrix-synapse until frozendict can enable python 3.11
+  support
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Feb 14 15:18:22 UTC 2023 - Marcus Rueckert <mrueckert@suse.de>
 
diff --git a/matrix-synapse.spec b/matrix-synapse.spec
index 8b57265..30a94ff 100644
--- a/matrix-synapse.spec
+++ b/matrix-synapse.spec
@@ -122,7 +122,8 @@
 %endif
 
 %define requires_peq() %(echo '%*' | LC_ALL=C xargs -r rpm -q --whatprovides --qf 'Requires: %%{name} = %%{epoch}:%%{version}\\n' | sed -e 's/ (none):/ /' -e 's/ 0:/ /' | grep -v "is not")
-%define pythons python3
+# only switch this back to python3 when frozendict supports the current default python version
+%define pythons python310
 
 # These come from matrix-synapse's CONDITIONAL_REQUIREMENTS.
 # missing deps