diff --git a/python-oci-sdk.changes b/python-oci-sdk.changes
index 81b1c36..dc5e9e4 100644
--- a/python-oci-sdk.changes
+++ b/python-oci-sdk.changes
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Fri May 31 11:56:51 UTC 2024 - John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <adrian.glaubitz@suse.c
     termination of pipelines in the Data Science service
   * Support for backup and replacement of master, utility, and edge nodes in the Big Data service
   * Support for nested resource principal in the Data Science service
-- clean up rpmlintrc and remove unnecessary requirement for sseclient Python module
+- clean up rpmlintrc
 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed May 15 08:34:56 UTC 2024 - John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <adrian.glaubitz@suse.com>
diff --git a/python-oci-sdk.spec b/python-oci-sdk.spec
index 0648a72..b2f6d66 100644
--- a/python-oci-sdk.spec
+++ b/python-oci-sdk.spec
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ Requires:       python-PyJWT
 Requires:       python-httpsig_cffi
 Requires:       python-requests
 Requires:       python-six
+Requires:       python-sseclient
 Requires:       python-urllib3 < 2
 # /SECTION
 BuildArch:      noarch
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ BuildRequires:  %{python_module python-dateutil >= 2.5.3}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytz >= 2016.10}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module requests}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module six}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module sseclient}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module urllib3 < 2}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module vcrpy >= 2.0.1}
 %if %{with python2}