diff --git a/python-kombu.changes b/python-kombu.changes
index a3c097d..8487b18 100644
--- a/python-kombu.changes
+++ b/python-kombu.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Mar 13 10:00:40 UTC 2019 - Hans-Peter Jansen <hpj@urpla.net>
+
+- Build require a more current msgpack version
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Feb 15 09:54:34 UTC 2019 - John Vandenberg <jayvdb@gmail.com>
 
diff --git a/python-kombu.spec b/python-kombu.spec
index a9d364c..9be64a9 100644
--- a/python-kombu.spec
+++ b/python-kombu.spec
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ BuildRequires:  %{python_module Pyro4}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module amqp >= 2.4.0}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module boto3}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module case >= 1.5.2}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module msgpack-python > 0.2.0}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module msgpack > 0.5.2}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest-sugar}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytz}