diff --git a/openvswitch.changes b/openvswitch.changes
index 8e2901b..c453363 100644
--- a/openvswitch.changes
+++ b/openvswitch.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jun  7 10:00:35 UTC 2018 - mchandras@suse.de
+
+- Restrict DPDK version to 18.02 since Open vSwitch 2.9 is not going
+  to work with any newer releases.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue May 29 08:06:29 UTC 2018 - mchandras@suse.de
 
diff --git a/openvswitch.spec b/openvswitch.spec
index 46b28c9..ae4d8e0 100644
--- a/openvswitch.spec
+++ b/openvswitch.spec
@@ -110,7 +110,9 @@ Suggests:       openvswitch-kmp
 %if %{with dpdk}
 # We need to be a bit strict with the dpdk version since
 # it's very possible for DPDK to change it's API between
-# releases. This version currently requires >=17.XX
+# releases. This version currently requires >=17.XX and
+# < 18.05
+BuildRequires:  dpdk-devel < 18.05
 BuildRequires:  dpdk-devel >= 17.05
 BuildRequires:  libnuma-devel
 BuildRequires:  libpcap-devel