diff --git a/gobject-introspection.spec b/gobject-introspection.spec
index 695cb131be278f3c4af93ca8b9244c4b6f5cb7c4..4261ec5298aef19bb343ae97aaab94dd2d025d00 100644
--- a/gobject-introspection.spec
+++ b/gobject-introspection.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Name:           gobject-introspection
 Version:        1.84.0
-Release:        1
+Release:        2
 Summary:        Introspection system for GObject-based libraries
 License:        GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later AND BSD-2-Clause
 URL:            https://gi.readthedocs.io/
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ BuildRequires: gtk-doc
 BuildRequires: /usr/bin/bison
 BuildRequires: /usr/bin/flex
 Requires:       glib2%{?_isa} >= %{glib2_version}
+Requires:       (vala >= 0.56.18 if vala)
 # Provide typelib() symbols based on gobject-introspection-typelib.template
 # The template is checked during install if it matches the installed *.typelib files.
 %(cat %{S:3} | awk '{ print "Provides: " $0}')
@@ -103,6 +104,11 @@ diff -s %{S:3} gobject-introspection-typelib.installed
 %{_mandir}/man1/*.1*
 
 %changelog
+* Sat Jun 07 2025 Funda Wang <fundawang@yeah.net> - 1.84.0-2
+- re-enable requires dependency generator
+- force new version of vala for doc format
+  https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/vala/-/issues/1586
+
 * Fri Jun 06 2025 Funda Wang <fundawang@yeah.net> - 1.84.0-1
 - update to version 1.84.0
 
diff --git a/gobjectintrospection.attr b/gobjectintrospection.attr
index d41df3d37fdfde0718dcda09f21361d2c1c0d3d3..a814b5f9f9a57f73d5e7ca8f938bea1558ae4655 100644
--- a/gobjectintrospection.attr
+++ b/gobjectintrospection.attr
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 %__gobjectintrospection_provides       %{_rpmconfigdir}/gi-find-deps.sh -P
-#__gobjectintrospection_requires       %{_rpmconfigdir}/gi-find-deps.sh -R
+%__gobjectintrospection_requires       %{_rpmconfigdir}/gi-find-deps.sh -R
 %__gobjectintrospection_path           ^((%{_libdir}|%{_datadir}/gir-1.0)/.*\.typelib)|(.*\.gresource)|(.*\.py)|(.*\.js)|(.*\.so)|(%{_bindir}/.*)$
 %__gobjectintrospection_exclude_path   ^/usr/share/doc/