diff --git a/cracklib.spec b/cracklib.spec
index 4322fc946fc88645d679003400aee8e671333b09..c43ab9bf5d286253321637bb3ffa6c7ec69fc098 100644
--- a/cracklib.spec
+++ b/cracklib.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 Name: cracklib
 Version: 2.9.11
-Release: 2
+Release: 3
 Summary: A password-checking library
 
 License: LGPLv2+
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_libdir}/libcrack.la
 %find_lang %{name}
 
 %check
-make test
+make test DESTDIR=%{buildroot}
 
 %ldconfig_scriptlets
 
@@ -143,6 +143,9 @@ make test
 %{_libdir}/python3*/site-packages/__pycache__/*
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Nov 25 2025 yixiangzhike <yixiangzhike007@163.com> - 2.9.11-3
+- use the dictionary from the build for make check
+
 * Wed Aug 27 2025 yixiangzhike <yixiangzhike007@163.com> - 2.9.11-2
 - backport upstream patch to remove unused variable