diff --git a/mpich.spec b/mpich.spec
index 4ca17e5..d420dbf 100644
--- a/mpich.spec
+++ b/mpich.spec
@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ Requires:       rpm-mpi-hooks
 Provides:       mpich2-devel = 3.0.1
 Obsoletes:      mpich2-devel < 3.0
 
+# Make sure this package is rebuilt with correct Python version when updating
+# Otherwise mpi.req from rpm-mpi-hooks doesn't work
+# https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1705296
+Requires:       (python(abi) = %{python3_version} if python3)
+
 %description devel
 Contains development headers and libraries for mpich