diff --git a/projects/rocm-smi-lib/CMakeLists.txt b/projects/rocm-smi-lib/CMakeLists.txt
index eb174e2802..76b53df673 100755
--- a/projects/rocm-smi-lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/projects/rocm-smi-lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -211,8 +211,8 @@ if(ROCM_DEP_ROCMCORE)
     set(CPACK_DEBIAN_ASAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS "${CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS}-asan")
 endif()
 # carefully reuse DEB's "DEPENDS" for RPM's "REQUIRES"
-set(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_REQUIRES "${CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS}")
-set(CPACK_RPM_ASAN_PACKAGE_REQUIRES "${CPACK_DEBIAN_ASAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS}")
+set(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_REQUIRES "python3")
+set(CPACK_RPM_ASAN_PACKAGE_REQUIRES "${CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_REQUIRES}")
 
 #Component Specific Configuration/Flags
 set(CPACK_DEBIAN_DEV_PACKAGE_NAME ${ROCM_SMI_PACKAGE})