diff --git a/python38.changes b/python38.changes
index d307400..6ca6748 100644
--- a/python38.changes
+++ b/python38.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jun  8 11:18:08 UTC 2021 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- allow building against sphinx 3.x+ 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri May 21 15:13:59 UTC 2021 - Matej Cepl <mcepl@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python38.spec b/python38.spec
index b3451e8..4292162 100644
--- a/python38.spec
+++ b/python38.spec
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libtirpc)
 %if %{with doc}
 # Here we just run sphinx and we can use generic one, we don't need
 # the flavor variant
-BuildRequires:  python3-Sphinx < 3.0
+BuildRequires:  python3-Sphinx
 %if 0%{?suse_version} > 1500
 BuildRequires:  python3-python-docs-theme
 BuildRequires:  python3-sphinxcontrib-qthelp >= 1.0.2