diff --git a/rdma-core.spec b/rdma-core.spec
index 2acc53a..92c12a5 100644
--- a/rdma-core.spec
+++ b/rdma-core.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name: rdma-core
 Version: 16.2
-Release: 3%{?dist}
+Release: 4%{?dist}
 Summary: RDMA core userspace libraries and daemons
 
 %ifnarch s390 %{arm}
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ BuildRequires: valgrind-devel
 %endif
 BuildRequires: systemd
 BuildRequires: systemd-devel
-BuildRequires: python
+BuildRequires: python2
 
 Requires: dracut, kmod, systemd
 # Red Hat/Fedora previously shipped redhat/ as a stand-alone
@@ -504,6 +504,10 @@ rm -f %{buildroot}/%{_sbindir}/srp_daemon.sh
 %doc %{_docdir}/%{name}-%{version}/ibsrpdm.md
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Mar 18 2018 Iryna Shcherbina <ishcherb@redhat.com> - 16.2-4
+- Update Python 2 dependency declarations to new packaging standards
+  (See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FinalizingFedoraSwitchtoPython3)
+
 * Tue Feb 06 2018 Orion Poplawski <orion@nwra.com> - 16.2-3
 - Build for s390/x