diff --git a/package/yast2-users.changes b/package/yast2-users.changes
index 955b3ba2d..12eaf2dc7 100644
--- a/package/yast2-users.changes
+++ b/package/yast2-users.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Aug 21 13:21:10 UTC 2024 - Stefan Hundhammer <shundhammer@suse.com>
+
+- Relax check in GECOS field (bsc#1228149):
+  Allow any data except colons
+- 5.0.2
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Sep 25 12:33:45 UTC 2023 - Stefan Hundhammer <shundhammer@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/package/yast2-users.spec b/package/yast2-users.spec
index 1e6cce899..7e91c1eaa 100644
--- a/package/yast2-users.spec
+++ b/package/yast2-users.spec
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 
 Name:           yast2-users
-Version:        5.0.1
+Version:        5.0.2
 Release:        0
 Summary:        YaST2 - User and Group Configuration
 License:        GPL-2.0-only
diff --git a/src/modules/Users.pm b/src/modules/Users.pm
index 63c1a13a1..96cae8c14 100644
--- a/src/modules/Users.pm
+++ b/src/modules/Users.pm
@@ -4659,14 +4659,6 @@ sub CheckGECOS {
 contain a colon (:).  Try again.");
     }
     
-    my @gecos_l = split (/,/, $gecos);
-    if (@gecos_l > 3 ) {
-	# error popup
-        return __("The \"Additional User Information\" entry can consist
-of up to three sections separated by commas.
-Remove the surplus.");
-    }
-    
     return "";
 }