diff --git a/polari.changes b/polari.changes
index 252fbfd..ad6e5be 100644
--- a/polari.changes
+++ b/polari.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jul 11 11:58:39 UTC 2024 - Bjørn Lie <bjorn.lie@gmail.com>
+
+- Change telepathy-logger runtime Requires to Recommends. Version
+  46.0 replaced it with a private tracker database, it is now only
+  needed for import of the old telepathy database.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed May  1 09:02:28 UTC 2024 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
 
diff --git a/polari.spec b/polari.spec
index 8374055..2dd133e 100644
--- a/polari.spec
+++ b/polari.spec
@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(telepathy-glib)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(tracker-sparql-3.0)
 Requires:       gjs >= 1.69.2
 Requires:       telepathy-idle
-Requires:       telepathy-logger
 Requires:       telepathy-mission-control
 # Dependency not detected by the dep scanner - boo#1122687
 Requires:       typelib(Gspell)
+Recommends:     telepathy-logger
 # typelib-1_0-Polari-1_0 was merged into the main package, as it's in a private library directory
 Obsoletes:      typelib-1_0-Polari-1_0 < %{version}