diff --git a/automake.changes b/automake.changes
index 2563503..e312782 100644
--- a/automake.changes
+++ b/automake.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Aug  8 11:42:20 UTC 2022 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- switch to python3 testing for testsuite, we no longer care
+  about python 2.x testresults
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue May 24 19:33:41 UTC 2022 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/automake.spec b/automake.spec
index 47cb938..e4811e1 100644
--- a/automake.spec
+++ b/automake.spec
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ BuildRequires:  libtool
 BuildRequires:  makedepend
 BuildRequires:  makeinfo
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
-BuildRequires:  python
+BuildRequires:  python3
 BuildRequires:  sharutils
 BuildRequires:  zip
 Requires:       expect