diff --git a/lorax.spec b/lorax.spec
index 39c4ae0e..6a5b4215 100644
--- a/lorax.spec
+++ b/lorax.spec
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Requires:       kpartx
 Requires:       libselinux-python3
 Requires:       python3-mako
 Requires:       python3-kickstart
-Requires:       python3-dnf >= 1.1.7
+Requires:       python3-dnf >= 2.0.0
 
 
 %if 0%{?fedora}
diff --git a/src/sbin/lorax b/src/sbin/lorax
index df4994d3..5e998129 100755
--- a/src/sbin/lorax
+++ b/src/sbin/lorax
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ def get_dnf_base_object(installroot, sources, mirrorlists=None, repos=None,
             log.info("Skipping source repo: %s", r)
             continue
         repo_name = "lorax-repo-%d" % i
-        repo = dnf.repo.Repo(repo_name, cachedir)
+        repo = dnf.repo.Repo(repo_name, conf)
         repo.baseurl = [r]
         if proxy:
             repo.proxy = proxy
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ def get_dnf_base_object(installroot, sources, mirrorlists=None, repos=None,
             log.info("Skipping source repo: %s", r)
             continue
         repo_name = "lorax-mirrorlist-%d" % i
-        repo = dnf.repo.Repo(repo_name, cachedir)
+        repo = dnf.repo.Repo(repo_name, conf)
         repo.mirrorlist = r
         if proxy:
             repo.proxy = proxy