diff --git a/virt-v2v.changes b/virt-v2v.changes
index 02f0416..4c93b9b 100644
--- a/virt-v2v.changes
+++ b/virt-v2v.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jan 19 14:58:36 UTC 2024 - olaf@aepfle.de
+
+- Relax the openssh requirement. Options passed to scp are known
+  by openssh 8.4
+- Move autoreconf from prep to build, to simplify quilt setup.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Jan  4 13:38:59 MST 2024 - carnold@suse.com
 
diff --git a/virt-v2v.spec b/virt-v2v.spec
index 6d8f288..fbc76a2 100644
--- a/virt-v2v.spec
+++ b/virt-v2v.spec
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ Requires:       %{_bindir}/virsh
 Requires:       curl
 Requires:       guestfs-tools >= 1.42
 Requires:       libguestfs0 >= 1.42
-Requires:       openssh-clients >= 8.8p1
+Requires:       openssh-clients
 Requires:       ovmf
 Requires:       unzip
 Recommends:     nbdkit
@@ -125,11 +125,11 @@ for %{name}.
 
 %prep
 %autosetup -p1
-%if 0%{patches_touch_autotools}
-autoreconf -i
-%endif
 
 %build
+%if 0%{patches_touch_autotools}
+autoreconf -fi
+%endif
 %configure
 %make_build