diff --git a/libselinux.spec b/libselinux.spec
index ac51745..1da5648 100644
--- a/libselinux.spec
+++ b/libselinux.spec
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 Summary: SELinux library and simple utilities
 Name: libselinux
 Version: 3.6
-Release: 4%{?dist}
+Release: 5%{?dist}
 License: LicenseRef-Fedora-Public-Domain
 # https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux/wiki/Releases
 Source0: https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux/releases/download/3.6/libselinux-3.6.tar.gz
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Url: https://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux/wiki
 Patch0001: 0001-Use-SHA-2-instead-of-SHA-1.patch
 # Patch list end
 BuildRequires: gcc make
-BuildRequires: ruby-devel ruby libsepol-static >= %{libsepolver} swig pcre2-devel xz-devel
+BuildRequires: ruby-devel ruby libsepol-static >= %{libsepolver} swig pcre2-devel
 BuildRequires: python3 python3-devel python3-setuptools python3-wheel python3-pip
 BuildRequires: systemd
 Requires: libsepol%{?_isa} >= %{libsepolver} pcre2
@@ -213,6 +213,9 @@ rm -f %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man8/togglesebool*
 %{ruby_vendorarchdir}/selinux.so
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Apr 01 2024 Christoph Erhardt <fedora@sicherha.de> - 3.6-5
+- Drop unused `xz-devel` build dependency
+
 * Thu Jan 25 2024 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 3.6-4
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_40_Mass_Rebuild