diff --git a/rust-packaging.spec b/rust-packaging.spec
index ef784c9..c955804 100644
--- a/rust-packaging.spec
+++ b/rust-packaging.spec
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ ExclusiveArch:  %{rust_arches}
 # gawk is needed for stripping dev-deps in macro
 Requires:       gawk
 Requires:       python3-rust2rpm = %{?epoch:%{epoch}:}%{version}-%{release}
-Requires:       rust-srpm-macros = %{version}
+Requires:       rust-srpm-macros >= 17
 Requires:       rust
 Requires:       cargo >= 1.41