diff --git a/python-astropy.changes b/python-astropy.changes
index 7c7587f..477e0c0 100644
--- a/python-astropy.changes
+++ b/python-astropy.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jan  7 10:19:19 UTC 2020 - Sebastian Wagner <sebix+novell.com@sebix.at>
+
+- Require erfa >= 1.7 because of https://github.com/astropy/astropy/issues/9654
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jan  6 17:59:53 UTC 2020 - Todd R <toddrme2178@gmail.com>
 
diff --git a/python-astropy.spec b/python-astropy.spec
index f4619dc..fe839da 100644
--- a/python-astropy.spec
+++ b/python-astropy.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-astropy
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2020 SUSE LLC.
+# Copyright (c) 2020 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -42,11 +42,12 @@ BuildRequires:  libxml2-tools
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
 BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(cfitsio)
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(erfa) >= 1.3.0
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(erfa) >= 1.7.0
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(expat)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(wcslib)
 Requires:       hdf5
-Requires:       liberfa1 >= 1.3.0
+Requires:       liberfa1 >= 1.7.0
+Requires:       python-dbm
 Requires:       python-matplotlib >= 2.1
 Requires:       python-numpy >= 1.7.0
 Recommends:     libxml2-tools
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ BuildRequires:  %{python_module pandas}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module scipy}
 # /SECTION
 # SECTION test requirements
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module dbm}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module mpmath}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest >= 3.1.0}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest-arraydiff >= 0.1}