diff --git a/libpwquality.spec b/libpwquality.spec
index 3aa8e0c..3ca4405 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: 3%{?dist}
+Release: 4%{?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+
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Source0: https://github.com/libpwquality/libpwquality/releases/download/libpwqua
 %global _moduledir %{_libdir}/security
 %global _secconfdir %{_sysconfdir}/security
 
-Recommends: cracklib-dicts >= 2.8
+Requires: cracklib-dicts >= 2.8
 Requires: pam%{?_isa}
 Requires: cracklib
 BuildRequires: make
@@ -180,6 +180,10 @@ mkdir $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_secconfdir}/pwquality.conf.d
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Apr 29 2021 Dmitry Belyavskiy <dbelyavs@redhat.com> - 1.4.4-4
+- cracklib-dicts is a hard requirement, not a recomendation.
+- Resolves rhbz#1947882
+
 * Fri Apr 16 2021 Mohan Boddu <mboddu@redhat.com> - 1.4.4-3
 - Rebuilt for RHEL 9 BETA on Apr 15th 2021. Related: rhbz#1947937