diff --git a/python/billingdataservice/billing-data-service.changes.mc.Manager-4.3-relax-dependency b/python/billingdataservice/billing-data-service.changes.mc.Manager-4.3-relax-dependency
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..28d19b4aca37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/billingdataservice/billing-data-service.changes.mc.Manager-4.3-relax-dependency
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- relax dependency to csp-billing-adapter-service
diff --git a/python/billingdataservice/billing-data-service.spec b/python/billingdataservice/billing-data-service.spec
index 3b8dbb0e81e4..8b72327fb0bb 100644
--- a/python/billingdataservice/billing-data-service.spec
+++ b/python/billingdataservice/billing-data-service.spec
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Source:         %{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 BuildArch:      noarch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 Requires:       apache2
-Requires:       csp-billing-adapter-service
+Recommends:     csp-billing-adapter-service
 Requires:       python3-Flask
 Requires:       spacewalk-backend-sql
 Requires:       spacewalk-taskomatic