diff --git a/PAR-1.020.tar.gz b/PAR-1.020.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index c0fab07..0000000
--- a/PAR-1.020.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:6654537fe98eb7dafc341aae550507b8a834a9dff7893afec1aafe95ad1fb769
-size 66318
diff --git a/PAR-1.021.tar.gz b/PAR-1.021.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fec9b51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PAR-1.021.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:732fcfd3c1ba8bb314d7df92d14209e066d19b4c45f8451e58d684f0ddfe6bf3
+size 58604
diff --git a/perl-PAR.changes b/perl-PAR.changes
index 3579e22..5762559 100644
--- a/perl-PAR.changes
+++ b/perl-PAR.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Oct  8 11:56:03 UTC 2025 - Tina Müller <timueller+perl@suse.de>
+
+- updated to 1.21.0 (1.021)
+   see /usr/share/doc/packages/perl-PAR/Changes
+
+  1.021  2025-07-31
+
+  - use three-argument open() everywhere
+  - PAR::FAQ is severely outdated, remove it
+  - README: remove https://groups.google.com/g/perl.par
+    as an archive for par@perl.org (as it will not be updated anymore)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Mar  5 03:09:01 UTC 2024 - Tina Müller <timueller+perl@suse.de>
 
diff --git a/perl-PAR.spec b/perl-PAR.spec
index 5f254c7..c37bdaf 100644
--- a/perl-PAR.spec
+++ b/perl-PAR.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package perl-PAR
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2024 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2025 SUSE LLC and contributors
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@
 
 %define cpan_name PAR
 Name:           perl-PAR
-Version:        1.20.0
+Version:        1.21.0
 Release:        0
-# 1.020 -> normalize -> 1.20.0
-%define cpan_version 1.020
+# 1.021 -> normalize -> 1.21.0
+%define cpan_version 1.021
 License:        Artistic-1.0 OR GPL-1.0-or-later
 Summary:        Perl Archive Toolkit
 URL:            https://metacpan.org/release/%{cpan_name}
@@ -31,20 +31,20 @@ Source100:      README.md
 BuildArch:      noarch
 BuildRequires:  perl
 BuildRequires:  perl-macros
-BuildRequires:  perl(Archive::Zip) >= 1.00
-BuildRequires:  perl(AutoLoader) >= 5.66_02
+BuildRequires:  perl(Archive::Zip) >= 1.0
+BuildRequires:  perl(AutoLoader) >= 5.66
 BuildRequires:  perl(Compress::Zlib) >= 1.30
 BuildRequires:  perl(Digest::SHA) >= 5.45
-BuildRequires:  perl(PAR::Dist) >= 0.32
-Requires:       perl(Archive::Zip) >= 1.00
-Requires:       perl(AutoLoader) >= 5.66_02
+BuildRequires:  perl(PAR::Dist) >= 0.320
+Requires:       perl(Archive::Zip) >= 1.0
+Requires:       perl(AutoLoader) >= 5.66
 Requires:       perl(Compress::Zlib) >= 1.30
 Requires:       perl(Digest::SHA) >= 5.45
-Requires:       perl(PAR::Dist) >= 0.32
+Requires:       perl(PAR::Dist) >= 0.320
 Provides:       perl(PAR) = %{version}
-Provides:       perl(PAR::Heavy) = 0.12
-Provides:       perl(PAR::SetupProgname) = 1.002
-Provides:       perl(PAR::SetupTemp) = 1.002
+Provides:       perl(PAR::Heavy) = 0.120.0
+Provides:       perl(PAR::SetupProgname) = 1.2.0
+Provides:       perl(PAR::SetupTemp) = 1.2.0
 %undefine       __perllib_provides
 %{perl_requires}
 
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ _pp_ may also be used as _.par_ archives:
 Please see SYNOPSIS for most typical use cases.
 
 %prep
-%autosetup  -n %{cpan_name}-%{cpan_version}
+%autosetup -n %{cpan_name}-%{cpan_version} -p1
 
 %build
 perl Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor