diff --git a/netavark.changes b/netavark.changes
index 29416d2..33f6fba 100644
--- a/netavark.changes
+++ b/netavark.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Feb  6 07:50:29 UTC 2024 - Danish Prakash <danish.prakash@suse.com>
+
+- Rely only on <major>.<minor> for aardvark-dns requires, even though
+  it is released in sync with netavark, relying on patch version is brittle.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Feb 01 14:04:11 UTC 2024 - danish.prakash@suse.com
 
diff --git a/netavark.spec b/netavark.spec
index e0e69b9..a0c0581 100644
--- a/netavark.spec
+++ b/netavark.spec
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 #
 
 
+%define major_minor %((v=%{version}; echo ${v%.*}))
+
 Name:           netavark
 Version:        1.10.2
 Release:        0
@@ -31,7 +33,7 @@ BuildRequires:  protobuf-devel
 BuildRequires:  rust+cargo >= 1.66
 BuildRequires:  systemd-rpm-macros
 # aardvark-dns and %%{name} are usually released in sync
-Requires:       aardvark-dns >= %{version}
+Requires:       aardvark-dns >= %{major_minor}
 # Provides: container-network-stack = 2
 
 %description