diff --git a/python-hvac.spec b/python-hvac.spec
index 61d2d7b..9ed377c 100644
--- a/python-hvac.spec
+++ b/python-hvac.spec
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ This is for Python 3.
 # Remove bundled egg-info
 rm -rf %{pypi_name}.egg-info
 
+%if 0%{?el8}
+# Lower dependency to requests 2.20+ for EL8
+sed -e "s/requests>=2.21.0/requests>=2.20.0/" -i setup.py
+%endif
+
 %build
 %py3_build