diff --git a/debian.tar.gz b/debian.tar.gz
index 02c1b60..00e2262 100644
--- a/debian.tar.gz
+++ b/debian.tar.gz
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
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-size 3053
+oid sha256:882ef9e8548b9dd5b18be288da80717651c6ea05d815c956dfeb9b56ed559d61
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diff --git a/snapper-0.5.2.tar.bz2 b/snapper-0.5.2.tar.bz2
index 5ff007d..d972f8f 100644
--- a/snapper-0.5.2.tar.bz2
+++ b/snapper-0.5.2.tar.bz2
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
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-oid sha256:df54da980fd2fd31d46bce880be0a2c9f867a23394106acb38f1c060bb3e78b6
-size 571670
+oid sha256:218cdda111e53293df0232afc69739f3acf995c3419a78b7952662c0d55d1ff7
+size 571973
diff --git a/snapper-Debian_7.0.dsc b/snapper-Debian_7.0.dsc
index 49c7ea9..385b288 100644
--- a/snapper-Debian_7.0.dsc
+++ b/snapper-Debian_7.0.dsc
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 4.1.16), acl-dev, g++, libboost-dev, libboost-threa
 #  423a20ae6e882d44e65a4eff97f2269f 630905 snapper-0.2.8.tar.gz
 #
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+a4348c511c0ceb8001b880e64171ce8c 571973 snapper-0.5.2.tar.bz2
diff --git a/snapper-Debian_8.0.dsc b/snapper-Debian_8.0.dsc
index 49c7ea9..385b288 100644
--- a/snapper-Debian_8.0.dsc
+++ b/snapper-Debian_8.0.dsc
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 4.1.16), acl-dev, g++, libboost-dev, libboost-threa
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 #
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+a4348c511c0ceb8001b880e64171ce8c 571973 snapper-0.5.2.tar.bz2
diff --git a/snapper-Debian_9.0.dsc b/snapper-Debian_9.0.dsc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..385b288
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snapper-Debian_9.0.dsc
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+Format: 1.0
+Source: snapper
+Version: 0.5.2
+Binary: snapper
+Maintainer: Arvin Schnell <aschnell@suse.com>
+Architecture: any
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 4.1.16), acl-dev, g++, libboost-dev, libboost-thread-dev, libboost-system-dev, libboost-test-dev, libxml2-dev, libz-dev, libdbus-1-dev, libpam-dev, xsltproc, docbook-xsl, locales-all
+#
+# The 'Files' line is generated during 'make package':
+# Files:
+#  423a20ae6e882d44e65a4eff97f2269f 630905 snapper-0.2.8.tar.gz
+#
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diff --git a/snapper-xUbuntu_14.04.dsc b/snapper-xUbuntu_14.04.dsc
index 6a3f5fb..e43ca83 100644
--- a/snapper-xUbuntu_14.04.dsc
+++ b/snapper-xUbuntu_14.04.dsc
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 4.1.16), acl-dev, g++, libboost-dev, libboost-threa
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diff --git a/snapper-xUbuntu_14.10.dsc b/snapper-xUbuntu_14.10.dsc
index 6a3f5fb..e43ca83 100644
--- a/snapper-xUbuntu_14.10.dsc
+++ b/snapper-xUbuntu_14.10.dsc
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 4.1.16), acl-dev, g++, libboost-dev, libboost-threa
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diff --git a/snapper-xUbuntu_15.04.dsc b/snapper-xUbuntu_15.04.dsc
index 6a3f5fb..e43ca83 100644
--- a/snapper-xUbuntu_15.04.dsc
+++ b/snapper-xUbuntu_15.04.dsc
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 4.1.16), acl-dev, g++, libboost-dev, libboost-threa
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diff --git a/snapper-xUbuntu_15.10.dsc b/snapper-xUbuntu_15.10.dsc
index 6a3f5fb..e43ca83 100644
--- a/snapper-xUbuntu_15.10.dsc
+++ b/snapper-xUbuntu_15.10.dsc
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 4.1.16), acl-dev, g++, libboost-dev, libboost-threa
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diff --git a/snapper-xUbuntu_16.04.dsc b/snapper-xUbuntu_16.04.dsc
index 6a3f5fb..e43ca83 100644
--- a/snapper-xUbuntu_16.04.dsc
+++ b/snapper-xUbuntu_16.04.dsc
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 4.1.16), acl-dev, g++, libboost-dev, libboost-threa
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 #
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+a4348c511c0ceb8001b880e64171ce8c 571973 snapper-0.5.2.tar.bz2
diff --git a/snapper-xUbuntu_16.10.dsc b/snapper-xUbuntu_16.10.dsc
index 6a3f5fb..e43ca83 100644
--- a/snapper-xUbuntu_16.10.dsc
+++ b/snapper-xUbuntu_16.10.dsc
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 4.1.16), acl-dev, g++, libboost-dev, libboost-threa
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diff --git a/snapper-xUbuntu_17.04.dsc b/snapper-xUbuntu_17.04.dsc
index 6a3f5fb..e43ca83 100644
--- a/snapper-xUbuntu_17.04.dsc
+++ b/snapper-xUbuntu_17.04.dsc
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 4.1.16), acl-dev, g++, libboost-dev, libboost-threa
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 #
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diff --git a/snapper-xUbuntu_17.10.dsc b/snapper-xUbuntu_17.10.dsc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e43ca83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snapper-xUbuntu_17.10.dsc
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+Format: 1.0
+Source: snapper
+Version: 0.5.2
+Binary: snapper
+Maintainer: Arvin Schnell <aschnell@suse.com>
+Architecture: any
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 4.1.16), acl-dev, g++, libboost-dev, libboost-thread-dev, libboost-system-dev, libboost-test-dev, libxml2-dev, libz-dev, libdbus-1-dev, libpam-dev, xsltproc, docbook-xsl, language-pack-en, language-pack-de
+#
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+# Files:
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+#
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diff --git a/snapper.changes b/snapper.changes
index 1c4a9e7..bbf6fc7 100644
--- a/snapper.changes
+++ b/snapper.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jan 10 14:33:11 CET 2018 - aschnell@suse.com
+
+- use python3 instead of python2 (bsc#1070324)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Nov 23 13:51:45 UTC 2017 - rbrown@suse.com
 
diff --git a/snapper.spec b/snapper.spec
index 488b379..1a795b2 100644
--- a/snapper.spec
+++ b/snapper.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package snapper
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2017 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2018 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -211,10 +211,9 @@ libsnapper.
 
 %package -n snapper-zypp-plugin
 BuildArch:      noarch
-Requires:       dbus-1-python
-Requires:       python-xml
+Requires:       python3-dbus-python
+Requires:       python3-zypp-plugin
 Requires:       snapper = %version
-Requires:       zypp-plugin-python
 Requires:       libzypp(plugin:commit) = 1
 Summary:        A zypp commit plugin for calling snapper
 Group:          System/Packages