diff --git a/cpanspec.yml b/cpanspec.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..41ff754
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cpanspec.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+---
+description_paragraphs: 3
+#description: |-
+#  override description from CPAN
+#summary: override summary from CPAN
+#no_testing: broken upstream
+#sources:
+#  - source1
+#  - source2
+#patches:
+#  foo.patch: -p1
+#  bar.patch:
+#  baz.patch: PATCH-FIX-OPENSUSE
+#preamble: |-
+# BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
+#post_prep: |-
+# hunspell=`pkg-config --libs hunspell | sed -e 's,-l,,; s,  *,,g'`
+# sed -i -e "s,hunspell-X,$hunspell," t/00-prereq.t Makefile.PL
+#post_build: |-
+# rm unused.files
+#post_install: |-
+# sed on %{name}.files
+#license: SUSE-NonFree
+#skip_noarch: 1
+#custom_build: |-
+#./Build build flags=%{?_smp_mflags} --myflag
+#custom_test: |-
+#startserver && make test
+#ignore_requires: Bizarre::Module
+#ignore_provides: Module::To::Ignore
+#skip_doc: regexp_to_skip_for_doc.*
+#add_doc: files to add to docs
+#misc: |-
+#anything else to be added to spec file
+#follows directly after %files section, so it can contain new blocks or also
+#changes to %files section
+#epoch: number
+# Where module files should be searched for. Default: lib/
+#index_dir:
diff --git a/perl-IO-String.changes b/perl-IO-String.changes
index 39d6d5c..f43c757 100644
--- a/perl-IO-String.changes
+++ b/perl-IO-String.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Oct 14 12:43:52 UTC 2025 - Tina Müller <tina.mueller@suse.com>
+
+- Normalize CPAN version
+  See https://github.com/openSUSE/cpanspec/issues/47 for details
+- Add cpanspec.yml to override description length
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Nov 18 11:10:55 UTC 2011 - coolo@suse.com
 
diff --git a/perl-IO-String.spec b/perl-IO-String.spec
index dfdfc5d..052429c 100644
--- a/perl-IO-String.spec
+++ b/perl-IO-String.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package perl-IO-String
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2011 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2025 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -12,58 +12,63 @@
 # license that conforms to the Open Source Definition (Version 1.9)
 # published by the Open Source Initiative.
 
-# Please submit bugfixes or comments via http://bugs.opensuse.org/
+# Please submit bugfixes or comments via https://bugs.opensuse.org/
 #
 
-# norootforbuild
 
-
-Name:           perl-IO-String
 %define cpan_name IO-String
-License:        Artistic-1.0
-Group:          Development/Libraries/Perl
-Url:            http://search.cpan.org/~gaas/
-AutoReqProv:    on
-Summary:        Perl IO/String interface
-Version:        1.08
-Release:        152
-Source:         %{cpan_name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+Name:           perl-IO-String
+Version:        1.80.0
+Release:        0
+# 1.08 -> normalize -> 1.80.0
+%define cpan_version 1.08
+License:        Artistic-1.0 OR GPL-1.0-or-later
+Summary:        Emulate file interface for in-core strings
+URL:            https://metacpan.org/release/%{cpan_name}
+Source0:        https://cpan.metacpan.org/authors/id/G/GA/GAAS/%{cpan_name}-%{cpan_version}.tar.gz
+Source1:        cpanspec.yml
 Source100:      README.md
-BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
-%{perl_requires}
+BuildArch:      noarch
 BuildRequires:  perl
 BuildRequires:  perl-macros
+Provides:       perl(IO::String) = %{version}
+%undefine       __perllib_provides
+%{perl_requires}
 
 %description
-IO::String is an IO::File (and IO::Handle) compatible class that reads
-or writes data from in-core strings.
+The 'IO::String' module provides the 'IO::File' interface for in-core
+strings. An 'IO::String' object can be attached to a string, and makes it
+possible to use the normal file operations for reading or writing data, as
+well as for seeking to various locations of the string. This is useful when
+you want to use a library module that only provides an interface to file
+handles on data that you have in a string variable.
 
+Note that perl-5.8 and better has built-in support for "in memory" files,
+which are set up by passing a reference instead of a filename to the open()
+call. The reason for using this module is that it makes the code backwards
+compatible with older versions of Perl.
 
-
-Authors:
---------
-    Gisle Aas.  <gisle@aas.no>
+The 'IO::String' module provides an interface compatible with 'IO::File' as
+distributed with _IO-1.20_, but the following methods are not available:
+new_from_fd, fdopen, format_write, format_page_number,
+format_lines_per_page, format_lines_left, format_name, format_top_name.
 
 %prep
-%setup -n %{cpan_name}-%{version}
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+%autosetup -n %{cpan_name}-%{cpan_version} -p1
 
 %build
-perl Makefile.PL
-make %{?_smp_mflags}
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+perl Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor
+%make_build
+
+%check
+make test
 
 %install
-[ "$RPM_BUILD_ROOT" != "/" ] && [ -d $RPM_BUILD_ROOT ] && rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT;
-make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT install_vendor
+%perl_make_install
 %perl_process_packlist
+%perl_gen_filelist
 
-%files
-%defattr(-,root,root)
-%{perl_vendorlib}/IO
-%{perl_vendorarch}/auto/IO
-%{perl_vendorarch}/auto/IO/String
-%doc %{_mandir}/man3/*.gz
-%doc MANIFEST Changes README*
+%files -f %{name}.files
+%doc Changes README
 
 %changelog