diff --git a/gstlal-burst/gstlal-burst.spec.in b/gstlal-burst/gstlal-burst.spec.in
index 6e1d1c5fca96a97cc826ffbf3de1b004a959b172..509d897eaea896cabfabe0e8c87bbfe7e9f77ba1 100644
--- a/gstlal-burst/gstlal-burst.spec.in
+++ b/gstlal-burst/gstlal-burst.spec.in
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ BuildRequires: lalmetaio-devel >= @MIN_LALMETAIO_VERSION@
 BuildRequires: orc >= @MIN_ORC_VERSION@
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig >= 0.18.0
 BuildRequires: python-devel >= @MIN_PYTHON_VERSION@
-BuildRequires: python-lal >= @MIN_LAL_VERSION@
+BuildRequires: python2-lal >= @MIN_LAL_VERSION@
 Conflicts: gstlal-ugly < 0.6.0
 Source: @PACKAGE_NAME@-%{version}.tar.gz
 URL: https://www.lsc-group.phys.uwm.edu/daswg/projects/gstlal.html
diff --git a/gstlal-inspiral/gstlal-inspiral.spec.in b/gstlal-inspiral/gstlal-inspiral.spec.in
index 2c1db57dd2683b595f38f1fed1bd688300fd8576..17981a02cf026e4189432ad8a80ea3acbb84def1 100644
--- a/gstlal-inspiral/gstlal-inspiral.spec.in
+++ b/gstlal-inspiral/gstlal-inspiral.spec.in
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ Requires: lalinspiral >= @MIN_LALINSPIRAL_VERSION@
 Requires: ligo-gracedb >= 1.11
 Requires: python >= @MIN_PYTHON_VERSION@
 Requires: python-%{gstreamername}
-Requires: python-lal >= @MIN_LAL_VERSION@
-Requires: python-lalinspiral >= @MIN_LALINSPIRAL_VERSION@
+Requires: python2-lal >= @MIN_LAL_VERSION@
+Requires: python2-lalinspiral >= @MIN_LALINSPIRAL_VERSION@
 Requires: python-ligo-lw >= @MIN_LIGO_LW_VERSION@
 Requires: python2-ligo-segments >= @MIN_LIGO_SEGMENTS_VERSION@
 Requires: numpy >= @MIN_NUMPY_VERSION@
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ BuildRequires: lalmetaio-devel >= @MIN_LALMETAIO_VERSION@
 BuildRequires: lalinspiral-devel >= @MIN_LALINSPIRAL_VERSION@
 BuildRequires: pkgconfig >= 0.18.0
 BuildRequires: python-devel >= @MIN_PYTHON_VERSION@
-BuildRequires: python-lal >= @MIN_LAL_VERSION@
-BuildRequires: python-lalinspiral >= @MIN_LALINSPIRAL_VERSION@
+BuildRequires: python2-lal >= @MIN_LAL_VERSION@
+BuildRequires: python2-lalinspiral >= @MIN_LALINSPIRAL_VERSION@
 Source: @PACKAGE_NAME@-%{version}.tar.gz
 URL: https://wiki.ligo.org/DASWG/GstLAL
 Packager: Kipp Cannon <kipp.cannon@ligo.org>
diff --git a/gstlal/gstlal.spec.in b/gstlal/gstlal.spec.in
index 200b24fe6e10c48d4e40e2abe5daa023079a3d96..948b8f565fe9d7463ca31cfaebb680020ea97961 100644
--- a/gstlal/gstlal.spec.in
+++ b/gstlal/gstlal.spec.in
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Requires: orc >= @MIN_ORC_VERSION@
 Requires: python >= @MIN_PYTHON_VERSION@
 Requires: python-%{gstreamername}
 Requires: python-gobject >= @MIN_PYGOBJECT_VERSION@
-Requires: python-lal >= @MIN_LAL_VERSION@
+Requires: python2-lal >= @MIN_LAL_VERSION@
 Requires: python-ligo-lw >= @MIN_LIGO_LW_VERSION@
 Requires: python2-ligo-segments >= @MIN_LIGO_SEGMENTS_VERSION@
 Requires: scipy
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ BuildRequires: pkgconfig >= 0.18.0
 BuildRequires: python-devel >= @MIN_PYTHON_VERSION@
 # needed for gstpythonplugin.c remove when we remove that plugin from gstlal
 BuildRequires: pygobject3-devel >= @MIN_PYGOBJECT_VERSION@
-BuildRequires: python-lal >= @MIN_LAL_VERSION@
+BuildRequires: python2-lal >= @MIN_LAL_VERSION@
 BuildRequires: zlib-devel
 Source: @PACKAGE_NAME@-%{version}.tar.gz
 URL: https://wiki.ligo.org/DASWG/GstLAL