diff --git a/etckeeper.spec b/etckeeper.spec
index 18cc10e..8f31ec2 100644
--- a/etckeeper.spec
+++ b/etckeeper.spec
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 Name:      etckeeper
 Version:   1.18.16
-Release:   5%{?dist}
+Release:   6%{?dist}
 Summary:   Store /etc in a SCM system (git, mercurial, bzr or darcs)
 License:   GPLv2+
 URL:       https://etckeeper.branchable.com/
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Patch3:    etckeeper-add-breezy-python3-plugin.patch
 Patch4:    etckeeper-1.18.12-fix-output-for-ansible.patch
 BuildArch: noarch
 BuildRequires: %{_bindir}/markdown_py
-Requires:  git >= 1.6.1
+Requires:  git-core
 Requires:  perl-interpreter
 Requires:  crontabs
 Requires:  findutils
@@ -288,6 +288,9 @@ fi
 
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Feb 16 2022 Todd Zullinger <tmz@pobox.com> - 1.18.16-6
+- Require git-core instead of git
+
 * Mon Jan 31 2022 Thomas Moschny <thomas.moschny@gmx.de> - 1.18.16-5
 - Exclude egg-info directories for dnf, bzr and brz plugins (#2048085).