diff --git a/createrepo_c.spec b/createrepo_c.spec
index 4857ff2..45277f1 100644
--- a/createrepo_c.spec
+++ b/createrepo_c.spec
@@ -35,10 +35,11 @@
 Summary:        Creates a common metadata repository
 Name:           createrepo_c
 Version:        1.0.2
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Release:        3%{?dist}
 License:        GPL-2.0-or-later
 URL:            https://github.com/rpm-software-management/createrepo_c
 Source0:        %{url}/archive/%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+Patch0:         0001-build-Restore-compatiblity-with-libxml2-2.12.0.patch
 
 %global epoch_dep %{?epoch:%{epoch}:}
 
@@ -202,6 +203,9 @@ ln -sr %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/modifyrepo_c %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/modifyrepo
 %{python3_sitearch}/%{name}-%{version}-py%{python3_version}.egg-info
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Nov 24 2023 Petr Pisar <ppisar@redhat.com> - 1.0.2-3
+- Restore compatiblity with libxml2-2.12.0
+
 * Wed Nov 15 2023 Jan Kolarik <jkolarik@redhat.com> - 1.0.2-2
 - Keep support for DRPM until Fedora 45 for infrastructure building