diff --git a/SPECS/ansible-pcp.spec b/SPECS/ansible-pcp.spec
index fe956cb..bf6fcf2 100644
--- a/SPECS/ansible-pcp.spec
+++ b/SPECS/ansible-pcp.spec
@@ -1,26 +1,55 @@
+Name:             ansible-pcp
+Version:          2.2.2
+Release:          2%{?dist}
+Summary:          Ansible Metric collection for Performance Co-Pilot
+License:          MIT
+URL:              https://github.com/performancecopilot/ansible-pcp
+Source:           https://github.com/performancecopilot/ansible-pcp/archive/v%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+BuildArch:        noarch
+
 %if 0%{?rhel}
 %global collection_namespace redhat
 %global collection_name rhel_metrics
-%bcond_with ansible
 %else
 %global collection_namespace performancecopilot
 %global collection_name metrics
-%bcond_without ansible
 %endif
 
-Name:             ansible-pcp
-Version:          2.2.2
-Release:          1%{?dist}
-Summary:          Ansible Metric collection for Performance Co-Pilot
-License:          MIT
-URL:              https://github.com/performancecopilot/ansible-pcp
-Source:           https://github.com/performancecopilot/ansible-pcp/archive/v%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+%if 0%{?rhel} >= 8
+Requires: (ansible-core >= 2.11.0 or ansible >= 2.9.0)
+%endif
+
+# NOTE: Even though ansible-core is in 8.6, it is only available
+# at *runtime*, not at *buildtime* - so we can't have
+# ansible-core as a build_dep on RHEL8
+%if 0%{?fedora} || 0%{?rhel} >= 9
+%global have_ansible 0
+%global ansible_build_dep ansible-core >= 2.11.0
+%else
+%if 0%{?rhel} && ! 0%{?epel}
+%global have_ansible 1
+%else
+%global have_ansible 0
+%global ansible_build_dep ansible >= 2.9.10
+%endif
+%endif
 
-%if %{with ansible}
-BuildRequires:    ansible >= 2.9.10
+%if %{have_ansible}
+BuildRequires:    %{ansible_build_dep}
+# package has been removed from RHEL9
+%if 0%{?rhel} >= 9
+%global have_ansible_lint 0
+%else
+%global have_ansible_lint 1
+%endif
+%else
+%global have_ansible_lint 0
+%global ansible_collection_files %{_datadir}/ansible/collections/ansible_collections/%{collection_namespace}
+%endif
+
+%if %{have_ansible_lint}
 BuildRequires:    python3-ansible-lint
 %endif
-BuildArch:        noarch
 
 %description
 A collection containing roles for Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) and related
@@ -75,24 +104,26 @@ find . -name \*.yml -o -name \*.md | while read file; do
     $file
 done
 
-%if %{without ansible}
-%define ansible_collection_files %{_datadir}/ansible/collections/ansible_collections/%{collection_namespace}
-# Empty command. We don't have ansible-galaxy.
-%define ansible_collection_build() tar -cf %{_tmppath}/%{collection_namespace}-%{collection_name}-%{version}.tar.gz .
-# Simply copy everything instead of galaxy-installing the built artifact.
-%define ansible_collection_install() mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{ansible_collection_files}/%{collection_name}; (cd %{buildroot}%{ansible_collection_files}/%{collection_name}; tar -xf %{_tmppath}/%{collection_namespace}-%{collection_name}-%{version}.tar.gz)
-%endif
-
 %build
+%if %{have_ansible}
 %ansible_collection_build
+%else
+tar -cf %{_tmppath}/%{collection_namespace}-%{collection_name}-%{version}.tar.gz .
+%endif
 
 %install
+%if %{have_ansible}
 %ansible_collection_install
+%else
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{ansible_collection_files}/%{collection_name}
+cd %{buildroot}%{ansible_collection_files}/%{collection_name}
+tar -xf %{_tmppath}/%{collection_namespace}-%{collection_name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+%endif
 
 %check
 mv yamllint.yml .yamllint.yml
 mv yamllint_defaults.yml .yamllint_defaults.yml
-%if %{with ansible}
+%if %{have_ansible_lint}
 ansible-lint `find roles -name \*.yml`
 %endif
 
@@ -102,22 +133,27 @@ ansible-lint `find roles -name \*.yml`
 %{ansible_collection_files}
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Feb 15 2022 Nathan Scott <nathans@redhat.com> 2.2.2-2
+- RHEL8.6+, RHEL9+, Fedora - add "ansible-core or ansible" dep
+
 * Fri Nov 12 2021 Nathan Scott <nathans@redhat.com> 2.2.2-1
 - Resolves Grafana provisioning issue (BZ 1967321)
-- Latest upstream release (BZ 2022170)
+- Latest upstream release (BZ 2022168)
 
-* Mon Aug 30 2021 Nathan Scott <nathans@redhat.com> 2.2.1-1
+* Thu Aug 26 2021 Nathan Scott <nathans@redhat.com> 2.2.1-1
 - Latest upstream release
 
-* Mon Aug 09 2021 Mohan Boddu <mboddu@redhat.com> - 2.1.4-2
-- Rebuilt for IMA sigs, glibc 2.34, aarch64 flags
-  Related: rhbz#1991688
-
 * Fri Jun 25 2021 Nathan Scott <nathans@redhat.com> 2.1.4-1
 - Latest upstream release
 
-* Wed Jun 09 2021 Nathan Scott <nathans@redhat.com> 2.1.3-1
-- Initial version of RHEL-9 package (BZ 1957566)
+* Tue Jun 08 2021 Nathan Scott <nathans@redhat.com> 2.1.3-3
+- Rebuild for full pass through CI/gating processes
+
+* Mon Jun 07 2021 Nathan Scott <nathans@redhat.com> 2.1.3-2
+- Drop unnecessary package dependency on Ansible
+
+* Thu Jun 03 2021 Nathan Scott <nathans@redhat.com> 2.1.3-1
+- Initial version of RHEL package (BZ 1854055)
 - Latest upstream release
 
 * Fri Feb 05 2021 Nathan Scott <nathans@redhat.com> 2.1.2-1