diff --git a/0001-Fixes-94-possible-null-ptr-deref.patch b/0001-Fixes-94-possible-null-ptr-deref.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 0cec02e..0000000
--- a/0001-Fixes-94-possible-null-ptr-deref.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-From 866fedeae65ba9ff12b6cf4449dee2096bb2da51 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: stephematician <stephematician@gmail.com>
-Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2022 15:01:51 +1100
-Subject: [PATCH] Fixes #94 possible null ptr deref
-
-Changes due to lockedbyte and PR 97 conversation
----
- include/xls.h |    4 +++-
- src/xls.c     |    6 ++++++
- 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-Index: libxls-1.6.2/include/xls.h
-===================================================================
---- libxls-1.6.2.orig/include/xls.h
-+++ libxls-1.6.2/include/xls.h
-@@ -49,7 +49,9 @@ typedef enum {
-     LIBXLS_ERROR_SEEK,
-     LIBXLS_ERROR_READ,
-     LIBXLS_ERROR_PARSE,
--    LIBXLS_ERROR_MALLOC
-+    LIBXLS_ERROR_MALLOC,
-+    LIBXLS_ERROR_UNSUPPORTED_ENCRYPTION,
-+    LIBXLS_ERROR_NULL_ARGUMENT
- } xls_error_t;
- 
- const char* xls_getVersion(void);
-Index: libxls-1.6.2/src/xls.c
-===================================================================
---- libxls-1.6.2.orig/src/xls.c
-+++ libxls-1.6.2/src/xls.c
-@@ -830,6 +830,8 @@ int xls_isRecordTooSmall(xlsWorkBook *pW
- 
- xls_error_t xls_parseWorkBook(xlsWorkBook* pWB)
- {
-+    if(!pWB) return LIBXLS_ERROR_NULL_ARGUMENT;
-+
-     BOF bof1 = { .id = 0, .size = 0 };
-     BOF bof2 = { .id = 0, .size = 0 };
-     BYTE* buf = NULL;
-@@ -1072,6 +1074,8 @@ cleanup:
- 
- static xls_error_t xls_preparseWorkSheet(xlsWorkSheet* pWS)
- {
-+    if(!pWS) return LIBXLS_ERROR_NULL_ARGUMENT;
-+
-     BOF tmp;
-     BYTE* buf = NULL;
-     xls_error_t retval = LIBXLS_OK;
-@@ -1221,6 +1225,8 @@ static xls_error_t xls_formatColumn(xlsW
- 
- xls_error_t xls_parseWorkSheet(xlsWorkSheet* pWS)
- {
-+    if(!pWS) return LIBXLS_ERROR_NULL_ARGUMENT;
-+
-     BOF tmp;
-     BYTE* buf = NULL;
- 	long offset = pWS->filepos;
diff --git a/_scmsync.obsinfo b/_scmsync.obsinfo
index cca7129..5a371d7 100644
--- a/_scmsync.obsinfo
+++ b/_scmsync.obsinfo
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-mtime: 1652801070
-commit: ecaa48cdb38d66674d4cd86009359bdaee820561ae2c23d706eefde36a6e3f45
+mtime: 1735247335
+commit: 23239e83c6b71cc8fd808bfe21fffcf044d31683d80eea40561877997408dad6
 url: https://src.opensuse.org/clibs/libxls
 revision: master
diff --git a/build.specials.obscpio b/build.specials.obscpio
index 9b8b845..1b59b57 100644
--- a/build.specials.obscpio
+++ b/build.specials.obscpio
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:7670816d47a9b0e0298e1454f08322ec33dee8264a37bb15de103b0acf7cf267
+oid sha256:b2d7c416a74ac757e3d0b5136282aaf5e81154ba212395a7b7f72b4cc0057c2a
 size 256
diff --git a/libxls-1.6.2.tar.gz b/libxls-1.6.2.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 6651733..0000000
--- a/libxls-1.6.2.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:5dacc34d94bf2115926c80c6fb69e4e7bd2ed6403d51cff49041a94172f5e371
-size 443736
diff --git a/libxls-1.6.3.tar.gz b/libxls-1.6.3.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b695915
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libxls-1.6.3.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:b2fb836ea0b5253a352fb5ca55742e29f06f94f9421c5b8eeccef2e5d43f622c
+size 469013
diff --git a/libxls.changes b/libxls.changes
index 7e052af..e36069b 100644
--- a/libxls.changes
+++ b/libxls.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Dec 26 20:34:32 UTC 2024 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
+
+- Update to release 1.6.3
+  * Fix style record size check on big-endian systems
+  * Fix header include in C++ mode
+  * Fix buffer overflows when parsing style records
+  * Fix infinite loop with self-referencing sectors
+- Delete 0001-Fixes-94-possible-null-ptr-deref.patch (merged)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon May 16 20:51:17 UTC 2022 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
 
diff --git a/libxls.spec b/libxls.spec
index 3c829ba..08521cd 100644
--- a/libxls.spec
+++ b/libxls.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package libxls
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2022 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
@@ -18,14 +18,13 @@
 
 Name:           libxls
 %define lname libxlsreader8
-Version:        1.6.2
+Version:        1.6.3
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Library for Parsing Excel (XLS) Files
 License:        BSD-2-Clause
 Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
 URL:            https://github.com/libxls/libxls
 Source:         https://github.com/libxls/libxls/releases/download/v%version/libxls-%version.tar.gz
-Patch1:         0001-Fixes-94-possible-null-ptr-deref.patch
 BuildRequires:  pkg-config
 
 %description