diff --git a/python-tempora.changes b/python-tempora.changes
index e1c6cf5..556d4ca 100644
--- a/python-tempora.changes
+++ b/python-tempora.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,40 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jul  2 15:18:11 UTC 2024 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- update to 5.6.0:
+  * Removed dependency on pytz.
+  * In utc.now(), bind late to allow for monkeypatching.
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Mar 16 14:39:37 UTC 2024 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- update to 5.5.1:
+  * Remove test dependency on backports.unittest_mock.
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jul 19 09:02:01 UTC 2023 - ecsos <ecsos@opensuse.org>
+
+- %{?sle15_python_module_pythons} must be at beginning to work.
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jul 12 22:50:07 UTC 2023 - Arun Persaud <arun@gmx.de>
+
+- specfile:
+  * require 3.8 or later
+  * Changelog got renamed to NEWS
+
+- update to version 5.5.0:
+  * Features
+    + Stopwatch now uses time.monotonic.
+
+- changes from version 5.4.0:
+  * Features
+    + Require Python 3.8 or later.
+
+- changes from version 5.3.0:
+  * #24: Removed use of datetime.utc** functions deprecated in Python
+     3.12.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu May  4 21:03:54 UTC 2023 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-tempora.spec b/python-tempora.spec
index 43d6c58..c1520af 100644
--- a/python-tempora.spec
+++ b/python-tempora.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-tempora
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2023 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2024 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 #
 
 
-%define skip_python2 1
 %if 0%{?suse_version} > 1500
 %bcond_without libalternatives
 %else
@@ -24,34 +23,35 @@
 %endif
 %{?sle15_python_module_pythons}
 Name:           python-tempora
-Version:        5.2.2
+Version:        5.6.0
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Objects and routines pertaining to date and time (tempora)
 License:        MIT
 URL:            https://github.com/jaraco/tempora
 Source:         https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/t/tempora/tempora-%{version}.tar.gz
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module base >= 3.7}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module base >= 3.8}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module freezegun}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module jaraco.functools >= 1.20}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pip}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest > 4.6}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytest-freezegun}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module pytz}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools  >= 56}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools_scm >= 3.4.1}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module toml}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module tzdata}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module wheel}
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros >= 20210929
 Requires:       python-jaraco.functools >= 1.20
-Requires:       python-pytz
+Requires:       python-tzdata
 BuildArch:      noarch
+
 %if %{with libalternatives}
 BuildRequires:  alts
 Requires:       alts
 %else
 Requires(post): update-alternatives
-Requires(postun):update-alternatives
+Requires(postun): update-alternatives
 %endif
 %python_subpackages
 
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ donttest="tempora.parse_timedelta"
 
 %files %{python_files}
 %license LICENSE
-%doc CHANGES.rst README.rst docs/*rst
+%doc NEWS.rst README.rst docs/*rst
 %python_alternative %{_bindir}/calc-prorate
 %{python_sitelib}/tempora
 %{python_sitelib}/tempora-%{version}.dist-info
diff --git a/tempora-5.2.2.tar.gz b/tempora-5.2.2.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 1f5da55..0000000
--- a/tempora-5.2.2.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:98ee27bc528c91a236f9a5d612ede4ef391b01f7862bf11b483ce549053651c1
-size 20957
diff --git a/tempora-5.6.0.tar.gz b/tempora-5.6.0.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ad21be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tempora-5.6.0.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:3bfcc12cbdbbbafecaaccb9097fc3754435b9d063dce43338e4fa87d39104aed
+size 21659