diff --git a/osmo.spec b/osmo.spec
index e986211..11a7033 100644
--- a/osmo.spec
+++ b/osmo.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # 'rel' is always the release number.
 # If you're building from SVN, set 'svn' to the SVN revision. If not, set it to 0
-%global rel 1
+%global rel 2
 %global svn 0 
 %if %{svn}
 # svn co https://osmo-pim.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/osmo-pim/trunk osmo-pim
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ BuildRequires:  gettext-devel
 BuildRequires:  gtk3-devel
 BuildRequires:  gtkspell3-devel
 BuildRequires:  libical-devel
-#BuildRequires:  libnotify-devel
+BuildRequires:  libnotify-devel
 BuildRequires:  libxml2-devel
 # for contacts 
 BuildRequires:  webkitgtk4-devel
@@ -155,6 +155,10 @@ gtk-update-icon-cache %{_datadir}/icons/hicolor &>/dev/null || :
 %{_datadir}/sounds/osmo/alarm.wav
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Jan 4 2018 Ranjan Maitra <aarem AT fedoraproject DOT org> - 0.4.2-0.1
+- update to version 0.4.2-2
+- brought back libnotify-devel, appears to work.
+
 * Mon Nov 20 2017 Ranjan Maitra <aarem AT fedoraproject DOT org> - 0.4.2-0.1
 - update to version 0.4.2
 - provides