diff --git a/google-api-python-client.spec b/google-api-python-client.spec
index c3dcedb..8ccd2be 100644
--- a/google-api-python-client.spec
+++ b/google-api-python-client.spec
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Name:           google-api-python-client
 Summary:        %{sum}
 Epoch:          1
 Version:        1.9.3
-Release:        1%{?dist}
+Release:        2%{?dist}
 
 License:        ASL 2.0
 URL:            http://github.com/googleapis/%{name}/
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ Requires:       python3-httplib2 >= 0.9.2
 Requires:       python3-oauth2client >= 2.0.0
 Requires:       python3-uritemplate >= 3.0.0
 Requires:       python3-six >= 1.6.1
+Requires:       python3-google-api-core >= 1.18.0
 Requires:       python3-google-auth-httplib2 >= 0.0.3
 
 %description -n python3-%{srcname}
@@ -43,6 +44,9 @@ Python 3 client library for accessing Google APIs.
 %prep
 %autosetup
 
+# remove unusable google-api-client requires
+sed -i /google-api-core/d setup.py
+
 # remove egg info
 rm -rf google_api_python_client.egg-info
 
@@ -67,6 +71,9 @@ done
 %{python3_sitelib}/google_api_python_client-%{version}-py%{python3_version}.egg-info/
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Jun 30 2020 Gwyn Ciesla <gwync@protonmail.com> - 1:1.9.3-2
+- Requires fix.
+
 * Thu Jun 11 2020 Gwyn Ciesla <gwync@protonmail.com> - 1:1.9.3-1
 - Update to 1.9.3