diff --git a/modular/lua-resty-core/lua-resty-core.spec b/modular/lua-resty-core/lua-resty-core.spec
index 1691407..9732da6 100644
--- a/modular/lua-resty-core/lua-resty-core.spec
+++ b/modular/lua-resty-core/lua-resty-core.spec
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ URL:           https://github.com/openresty/lua-resty-core
 Source:        https://github.com/openresty/lua-resty-core/archive/refs/tags/v%{version}.tar.gz
 BuildArch:     noarch
 BuildRequires: lua-filesystem
+%if 0%{?rhel} >= 7
 Requires:      lua(abi) == %{lua_ver}
+%endif
 Requires:      lua-resty-lrucache nginx-cp >= 1.24.0
 
 Summary:       New FFI-based API for lua-nginx-module