diff --git a/macros.aaa-pyproject-srpm b/macros.aaa-pyproject-srpm
index b394be5..fd4dece 100644
--- a/macros.aaa-pyproject-srpm
+++ b/macros.aaa-pyproject-srpm
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # this macro will cause the package with the real macro to be installed.
 # When macros.pyproject is installed, it overrides this macro.
 # Note: This takes arbitrary options, to ease addition of new options to the real macro.
-%pyproject_buildrequires(-) echo 'pyproject-rpm-macros' && exit 0
+%pyproject_buildrequires(-) echo 'pyproject-rpm-macros'
 
 
 # Declarative buildsystem, requires RPM 4.20+ to work
diff --git a/pyproject-rpm-macros.spec b/pyproject-rpm-macros.spec
index 0fd006c..40b6f61 100644
--- a/pyproject-rpm-macros.spec
+++ b/pyproject-rpm-macros.spec
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ License:        MIT
 #   Increment Y and reset Z when new macros or features are added
 #   Increment Z when this is a bugfix or a cosmetic change
 # Dropping support for EOL Fedoras is *not* considered a breaking change
-Version:        1.18.3
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Version:        1.18.4
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 
 # Macro files
 Source001:      macros.pyproject
@@ -191,6 +191,10 @@ export HOSTNAME="rpmbuild"  # to speedup tox in network-less mock, see rhbz#1856
 
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Sep 01 2025 Miro Hrončok <mhroncok@redhat.com> - 1.18.4-1
+- Don't exit from pyproject-srpm-macros implementation of %%pyproject_buildrequires
+- Fixes: rhbz#2391290
+
 * Fri Jul 25 2025 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.18.3-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_43_Mass_Rebuild