diff --git a/python-avocado.spec b/python-avocado.spec
index 5f4e594..6a185f0 100644
--- a/python-avocado.spec
+++ b/python-avocado.spec
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
 Name: python-%{pkgname}
 Version: 52.1
-Release: 3%{?gitrel}%{?dist}
+Release: 4%{?gitrel}%{?dist}
 Summary: Framework with tools and libraries for Automated Testing
 Group: Development/Tools
 # Found licenses:
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ Source0: https://github.com/avocado-framework/%{srcname}/archive/%{commit}.tar.g
 Patch0: avocado-selftest-doublefree-disable.patch
 Patch1: avocado-selftest-fix-cmdline-check.patch
 BuildArch: noarch
-BuildRequires: fabric
 BuildRequires: python2-pystache
 BuildRequires: python2-aexpect
 BuildRequires: python2-devel
@@ -63,6 +62,12 @@ BuildRequires: python2-lxml
 BuildRequires: python2-mock
 BuildRequires: python2-resultsdb_api
 
+%if 0%{?fedora} >= 29
+BuildRequires: python2-fabric3
+%else
+BuildRequires: fabric
+%endif
+
 %if 0%{?with_tests}
 BuildRequires: python2-libvirt
 BuildRequires: perl(TAP::Parser)
@@ -119,13 +124,18 @@ these days a framework) to perform automated testing.
 Summary: %{summary}
 License: GPLv2 and MIT
 %{?python_provide:%python_provide python2-%{pkgname}}
-Requires: fabric
 Requires: gdb
 Requires: gdb-gdbserver
 Requires: pyliblzma
 Requires: python2-pystache
 Requires: python2
 
+%if 0%{?fedora} >= 29
+Requires: python2-fabric3
+%else
+Requires: fabric
+%endif
+
 %if 0%{?rhel} && 0%{?rhel} <= 7
 Requires: python-requests
 Requires: python-stevedore
@@ -166,10 +176,14 @@ arbitrary filesystem location.
 Summary: Avocado Runner for Remote Execution
 %{?python_provide:%python_provide python2-%{pkgname}-plugins-runner-remote}
 Requires: python2-%{pkgname} == %{version}-%{release}
-Requires: fabric
 %if 0%{?fedora} == 24
 Requires: python-crypto
 %endif
+%if 0%{?fedora} >= 29
+Requires: python2-fabric3
+%else
+Requires: fabric
+%endif
 
 %description -n python2-%{pkgname}-plugins-runner-remote
 Allows Avocado to run jobs on a remote machine, by means of an SSH
@@ -252,6 +266,9 @@ examples of how to write tests on your own.
 # version of libvirt-python does not publish the egg info and this
 # causes that dep to be attempted to be installed by pip
 sed -e "s/'libvirt-python'//" -i optional_plugins/runner_vm/setup.py
+%if 0%{?fedora} >= 29
+sed -e "s/'fabric'/'fabric3'/" -i optional_plugins/runner_remote/setup.py
+%endif
 
 %build
 %{__python2} setup.py build
@@ -419,6 +436,9 @@ find %{buildroot}%{_docdir}/avocado -type f -name '*.py' -exec %{__chmod} -c -x
 
 
 %changelog
+* Mon May 14 2018 Merlin Mathesius <mmathesi@redhat.com> - 52.1-4
+- Dependency fabric has been renamed to python2-fabric3
+
 * Mon May 14 2018 Merlin Mathesius <mmathesi@redhat.com> - 52.1-3
 - correct python_provide argument typo for varianter-yaml-to-mux plugin