diff --git a/python-html2text.spec b/python-html2text.spec
index 98fa2f7..a36a787 100644
--- a/python-html2text.spec
+++ b/python-html2text.spec
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ also happens to be valid Markdown (a text-to-HTML format).
 
 Name:           python-%{upname}
 Version:        2019.9.26
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Release:        3%{?dist}
 Summary:        %{common_sum}
 
 License:        GPLv3
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ BuildRequires:  python3-pytest
 %package -n python3-%{upname}
 Summary:        %{common_sum}
 Provides:       %{upname} = %{version}-%{release}
-Obsoletes:      python2-%{upname} <= %{version}-%{release}
+Obsoletes:      python2-%{upname} < 2019.8.11
 %{?python_provide:%python_provide python3-%{upname}}
 
 %description -n python3-%{upname}
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ popd
 
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Feb 13 2020 David Kaufmann <astra@ionic.at> - 2019.9.26-3
+- allow keeping python2-html2text in epel7
+
 * Tue Oct 29 2019 Sérgio Basto <sergio@serjux.com> - 2019.9.26-2
 - Python3 only this version remove support for Python <= 3.4