diff --git a/php.spec b/php.spec
index 652df6b8f6bd9399a0404b1525710e44f75834f3..7713c9ae8f3bb263ad03c76e375fad015614de70 100644
--- a/php.spec
+++ b/php.spec
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 Summary: PHP scripting language for creating dynamic web sites
 Name: php
 Version: %{upver}
-Release: 2
+Release: 3
 # All files licensed under PHP version 3.01, except
 # Zend is licensed under Zend
 # TSRM is licensed under BSD
@@ -332,6 +332,7 @@ Obsoletes: php-pecl-Fileinfo < 1.0.5
 Provides:  php-pecl-Fileinfo = %{fileinfover}, php-pecl-Fileinfo%{?_isa} = %{fileinfover}
 Provides:  php-pecl(Fileinfo) = %{fileinfover}, php-pecl(Fileinfo)%{?_isa} = %{fileinfover}
 Obsoletes: php-mhash < 5.3.0
+Requires:  (libxml2%{?_isa} >= %(rpm -q --queryformat="%%{VERSION}" libxml2) if libxml2)
 
 %description common
 The php-common package contains files used by both the php
@@ -1639,6 +1640,9 @@ systemctl try-restart php-fpm.service >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
 %{_fileattrsdir}/composer.attr
 
 %changelog
+* Sat Mar 22 2025 Funda Wang <fundawang@yeah.net> - 8.4.5-3
+- hardcode libxml2 version as what was used for building
+
 * Tue Mar 18 2025 Funda Wang <fundawang@yeah.net> - 8.4.5-2
 - add composer-generators from remi