diff --git a/libpwquality.spec b/libpwquality.spec
index 13d4b4b..8221390 100644
--- a/libpwquality.spec
+++ b/libpwquality.spec
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 Summary: A library for password generation and password quality checking
 Name: libpwquality
 Version: 1.4.4
-Release: 7%{?dist}
+Release: 8%{?dist}
 # The package is BSD licensed with option to relicense as GPLv2+
 # - this option is redundant as the BSD license allows that anyway.
 License: BSD or GPLv2+
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ Source0: https://github.com/libpwquality/libpwquality/releases/download/libpwqua
 
 Requires: (cracklib-dicts >= 2.8 if passwd)
 Requires: (cracklib-dicts >= 2.8 if cryptsetup)
-Requires: pam%{?_isa}
 BuildRequires: gcc make
 BuildRequires: cracklib-devel
 BuildRequires: gettext
@@ -152,10 +151,12 @@ mkdir $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_secconfdir}/pwquality.conf.d
 %doc README NEWS AUTHORS
 %{_bindir}/pwmake
 %{_bindir}/pwscore
+%dir %{_moduledir}
 %{_moduledir}/pam_pwquality.so
 %{_pwqlibdir}/libpwquality.so.*
+%dir %{_secconfdir}
 %config(noreplace) %{_secconfdir}/pwquality.conf
-%{_secconfdir}/pwquality.conf.d
+%dir %{_secconfdir}/pwquality.conf.d
 %{_mandir}/man1/*
 %{_mandir}/man5/*
 %{_mandir}/man8/*
@@ -179,6 +180,9 @@ mkdir $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_secconfdir}/pwquality.conf.d
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Feb 16 2022 Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> - 1.4.4-8
+- Co-own security directory instead of pulling in pam (#2018913)
+
 * Thu Jan 20 2022 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.4.4-7
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_36_Mass_Rebuild