diff --git a/python3.10.spec b/python3.10.spec
index d06a2f6..97d0e29 100644
--- a/python3.10.spec
+++ b/python3.10.spec
@@ -545,8 +545,12 @@ Requires: tzdata
 # We avoid this problem by requiring at least the same version of expat that
 # was used during the build time.
 # Other subpackages (like -debug) also need this, but they all depend on -libs.
+# Since expat 2.7.4, the library has versioned symbols and this is no longer needed,
+# as the generated requirement will be in the form of libexpat.so.1(LIBEXPAT_2.7.2) etc.
 %global expat_version %(LANG=C rpm -q --qf '%%{version}' expat.%{_target_cpu} | sed 's/.*not installed/0/')
+%if v"%{expat_version}" < v"2.7.4"
 Requires: expat%{?_isa} >= %{expat_version}
+%endif
 
 
 # Since patch 251 changed from distutils to sysconfig, pip needed to be adapted