diff --git a/ansible-core.spec b/ansible-core.spec
index fbd62c9..84c7274 100644
--- a/ansible-core.spec
+++ b/ansible-core.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 
 # controls whether to generate shell completions
 # may be useful for bootstrapping purposes
-%bcond argcomplete 1
+#
+# python3-argcomplete currently FTBFS with python3.12
+%bcond argcomplete %[ %{defined python3_version} && v"%{python3_version}" < v"3.12" ]
 
 # disable the python -s shbang flag as we want to be able to find non system modules
 %undefine _py3_shebang_s