diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 78aabc5..646b5a4 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+Version 2.2.7.1
+  - adapt to reduced libu exposure in openwsman
+
 Version 2.2.7
   - fix the default port setting to match wsmc_create() call. Use
     https (port 5986) when cainfo is set.
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index a5170db..e2e3597 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
-AC_INIT(wsmancli, 2.2.7)
+AC_INIT(wsmancli, 2.2.7.1)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(wsmancli.spec.in)
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(AC_PACKAGE_NAME, AC_PACKAGE_VERSION)
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 PACKAGE_BUILDTS=`date +%Y%m%d%H%M`
 AC_SUBST(PACKAGE_BUILDTS)
 
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(OPENWSMAN, [openwsman >= 2.2.3])
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(OPENWSMAN, [openwsman >= 2.2.7])
 have_cunit=no
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([CUnit/Basic.h], have_cunit="yes" )
 AM_CONDITIONAL(BUILD_CUNIT_TESTS, test "$have_cunit" == "yes")
diff --git a/wsmancli.spec.in b/wsmancli.spec.in
index 95bfb45..90fd5df 100644
--- a/wsmancli.spec.in
+++ b/wsmancli.spec.in
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 
 Name:           wsmancli
-BuildRequires:  gcc-c++ libwsman-devel pkgconfig
+BuildRequires:  gcc-c++ libwsman-devel >= 2.2.7 libwsman_clientpp-devel >= 2.2.7 pkgconfig
 %if 0%{?suse_version} > 1010
 BuildRequires:  libcurl-devel
 %else