diff --git a/mingw-w64-winpthreads-5.0.3.tar.xz b/mingw-w64-winpthreads-5.0.3.tar.xz
deleted file mode 100644
index 841fc50..0000000
--- a/mingw-w64-winpthreads-5.0.3.tar.xz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:47eb45d4861f0f56baa858710c86b9ddb162211b63a79daa188bda5723009f65
-size 315880
diff --git a/mingw-w64-winpthreads-6.0.0.tar.xz b/mingw-w64-winpthreads-6.0.0.tar.xz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bfc6ad7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mingw-w64-winpthreads-6.0.0.tar.xz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:f6703e6ebb9a628f104ab39efa54a053173e4a52318603c19d9fc297f4522097
+size 315940
diff --git a/mingw64-winpthreads.changes b/mingw64-winpthreads.changes
index 60a549e..1e5d256 100644
--- a/mingw64-winpthreads.changes
+++ b/mingw64-winpthreads.changes
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Oct 17 19:02:09 UTC 2018 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
+
+- Update to new upstream release 6.0.0
+  * No changelog entries specific to winpthreads found.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Nov 21 11:32:43 UTC 2017 - idonmez@suse.com
 
-- Update to version 5.0.3 
+- Update to version 5.0.3
 - Drop gcc7.patch, fixed upstream.
 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -15,7 +21,7 @@ Tue Mar 28 11:43:07 UTC 2017 - idonmez@suse.com
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Jan 14 20:49:21 UTC 2017 - idonmez@suse.com
 
-- Update to version 5.0.1 
+- Update to version 5.0.1
 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Mar 23 21:33:34 UTC 2016 - jengelh@inai.de
@@ -33,7 +39,7 @@ Fri Sep  4 11:58:16 UTC 2015 - idonmez@suse.com
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri May 29 09:26:59 UTC 2015 - idonmez@suse.com
 
-- Enable static libraries 
+- Enable static libraries
 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Mar 25 10:38:10 UTC 2015 - jengelh@inai.de
diff --git a/mingw64-winpthreads.spec b/mingw64-winpthreads.spec
index 348e4f1..619f9a7 100644
--- a/mingw64-winpthreads.spec
+++ b/mingw64-winpthreads.spec
@@ -17,14 +17,15 @@
 
 
 Name:           mingw64-winpthreads
-Version:        5.0.3
+Version:        6.0.0
 Release:        0
 Summary:        A pthreads implementation for Windows
 License:        MIT and BSD-3-Clause
 Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
 Url:            http://mingw-w64.sf.net/
 
-#DL-URL:	http://downloads.sf.net/mingw-w64/mingw-w64-v5.0.3.tar.bz2
+#DL-URL:	http://downloads.sf.net/mingw-w64/mingw-w64-v%%version.tar.bz2
+# Unpack DL-URL and re-tar the "winpthreads" directory
 Source:         mingw-w64-winpthreads-%version.tar.xz
 Source9:        %name-rpmlintrc
 BuildRequires:  mingw64-cross-gcc-bootstrap
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ BuildRequires:  mingw64-cross-pkg-config
 BuildRequires:  mingw64-filesystem
 BuildRequires:  mingw64-runtime
 BuildRequires:  xz
-BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
+BuildRoot:      %_tmppath/%name-%version-build
 %_mingw64_package_header_debug
 BuildArch:      noarch
 #!BuildIgnore:  post-build-checks
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ mingw-w64's implementation of POSIX threads for Windows.
 %package devel
 Summary:        Development files for mingw64-winpthreads
 Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
-Requires:       mingw64-libwinpthread1 = %{version}
+Requires:       mingw64-libwinpthread1 = %version
 Provides:       mingw64-unistd-pthread-devel
 Obsoletes:      mingw64-headers-dummy-pthread
 Conflicts:      mingw64-headers-dummy-pthread, otherproviders(mingw64-unistd-pthread-devel)
@@ -70,24 +71,24 @@ mingw-w64's implementation of POSIX threads for Windows.
 mkdir fakelib
 pushd fakelib
 touch empty.c
-%{_mingw64_cc} -c empty.c
-%{_mingw64_ar} rsc libpthread.a empty.o
+%_mingw64_cc -c empty.c
+%_mingw64_ar rsc libpthread.a empty.o
 popd
-%{_mingw64_configure} \
+%_mingw64_configure \
 	--enable-static \
 	--enable-shared
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 %install
-make DESTDIR=%{buildroot} install %{?_smp_mflags}
+%make_install
 
 %files -n mingw64-libwinpthread1
 %defattr(-,root,root)
-%{_mingw64_bindir}/libwinpthread-1.dll
+%_mingw64_bindir/libwinpthread-1.dll
 
 %files devel
 %defattr(-,root,root)
-%{_mingw64_includedir}/
-%{_mingw64_libdir}/
+%_mingw64_includedir/
+%_mingw64_libdir/
 
 %changelog