diff --git a/.files b/.files
index b37e01c..7a3a544 100644
Binary files a/.files and b/.files differ
diff --git a/.rev b/.rev
index 15c7edb..48048ec 100644
--- a/.rev
+++ b/.rev
@@ -2406,4 +2406,12 @@ See bugzilla 1167537 for the gory details.</comment>
     <comment>update to rpm-4.18.0</comment>
     <requestid>1040201</requestid>
   </revision>
+  <revision rev="305" vrev="2">
+    <srcmd5>9fd5e84fbeb5a7ee549208081c3bf203</srcmd5>
+    <version>4.18.0</version>
+    <time>1671635142</time>
+    <user>dimstar_suse</user>
+    <comment>Automatic submission by obs-autosubmit</comment>
+    <requestid>1043727</requestid>
+  </revision>
 </revisionlist>
diff --git a/rpm.changes b/rpm.changes
index 713990b..82966d7 100644
--- a/rpm.changes
+++ b/rpm.changes
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Dec 12 08:58:58 UTC 2022 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- switch to pkgconfig(zlib) so that alternative providers can be
+  used
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Dec  2 15:01:05 CET 2022 - mls@suse.de
 
 - update to rpm-4.18.0
diff --git a/rpm.spec b/rpm.spec
index 2e2073d..8845ff0 100644
--- a/rpm.spec
+++ b/rpm.spec
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ BuildRequires:  perl-base
 BuildRequires:  popt-devel
 BuildRequires:  rpm-build
 BuildRequires:  xz-devel
-BuildRequires:  zlib-devel
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libzstd)
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(zlib)
 #!BuildIgnore:  rpmlint-Factory
 Provides:       rpminst
 Requires(post): %fillup_prereq