diff --git a/python-panel.changes b/python-panel.changes
index 4d27d54..8fdedbe 100644
--- a/python-panel.changes
+++ b/python-panel.changes
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Tue Oct 24 14:42:36 UTC 2023 - Markéta Machová <mmachova@suse.com>
   * Add support for decorating async functions with pn.io.cache
   * Map param.Bytes to FileInput widget
   * Add support for Python 3.12 and drop Python 3.8 support
-  * Compatibility with param 2.0.0
+  * Upgrade to Param 2.0 as minimum required version
   * Compatibility with Bokeh 3.3.0
   * more bugfixes, see upstream CHANGELOG.md
 
diff --git a/python-panel.spec b/python-panel.spec
index 69c104b..d516268 100644
--- a/python-panel.spec
+++ b/python-panel.spec
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ BuildRequires:  %{python_module base >= 3.7}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module bleach}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module bokeh >= 3.3.0}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module packaging}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module param >= 1.9.2}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module param >= 2.0.0}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pip}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pyct >= 0.4.4}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pyviz-comms >= 0.7.4}
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ Requires:       python-linkify-it-py
 Requires:       python-markdown-it-py < 3
 Requires:       python-mdit-py-plugins
 Requires:       python-pandas >= 1.2
-Requires:       python-param >= 1.9.2
+Requires:       python-param >= 2.0.0
 Requires:       python-pyviz_comms >= 0.7.4
 Requires:       python-requests
 Requires:       python-tqdm >= 4.48.0