diff --git a/pygobject3.spec b/pygobject3.spec
index d6b6cf994f71ee9ef053201343f2df600b7ba50b..78d4e7a01d3fc8c9e851142d1e14b339d13681d9 100644
--- a/pygobject3.spec
+++ b/pygobject3.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 Name:            pygobject3
 Version:         3.54.2
-Release:         1
+Release:         2
 Summary:         Provides bindings for GObject based libraries
 License:         LGPL-2.1-or-later and MIT
 URL:             https://pygobject.gnome.org/
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ BuildRequires: pkgconfig(libffi) >= 3.0
 BuildRequires: python3-devel >= 3.9
 BuildRequires: python3-cairo-devel >= 1.16.0
 #for test suite
-BuildRequires:   python3-pytest gtk3 xorg-x11-server-Xvfb
+BuildRequires: python3-pytest gtk3 xorg-x11-server-Xvfb
 
 %description
 PyGObject is a Python package which provides bindings for GObject based libraries such as
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ for use in Python 3 programs.
 %package     -n python3-gobject-base
 Summary:        base package for python3-gobject package
 Requires:       gobject-introspection%{?_isa} >= 1.64.0
+Requires:       glib2%{?_isa} >= %{installed_version_of glib2}
 Provides:       python%{python3_version}dist(pygobject) = %{version}
 
 %description -n python3-gobject-base
@@ -96,6 +97,9 @@ export TEST_GTK_VERSION=3.0
 %{_libdir}/pkgconfig/pygobject-3.0.pc
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Sep 29 2025 Funda Wang <fundawang@yeah.net> - 3.54.2-2
+- hardcode glib2 version requirement because there are version check when compiling
+
 * Sun Sep 14 2025 Funda Wang <fundawang@yeah.net> - 3.54.2-1
 - update to 3.54.2
 - tweak file list of dependency scanning, so that it won't pull Gtk