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deleted file mode 100644
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diff --git a/c-ares.changes b/c-ares.changes
index fd0f69c..f194460 100644
--- a/c-ares.changes
+++ b/c-ares.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Oct 28 16:45:26 UTC 2023 - Andreas Stieger <andreas.stieger@gmx.de>
+
+- update to 1.21.0:
+  * Replace multiple DNS hand-made parsers with new memory-safe DNS
+    message parser
+  * developer visible changes and bug fixes
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Oct 10 09:31:38 UTC 2023 - Adam Majer <adam.majer@suse.de> - 1.20.1
 
diff --git a/c-ares.spec b/c-ares.spec
index 20ff3f1..aa54069 100644
--- a/c-ares.spec
+++ b/c-ares.spec
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 %define cmake_build make -O VERBOSE=1 %{?_smp_mflags}
 %endif
 Name:           c-ares
-Version:        1.20.1
+Version:        1.21.0
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Library for asynchronous name resolves
 License:        MIT
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ to build packages that depend on c-ares.
 %if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1500
     -DCARES_BUILD_TESTS:BOOL=ON \
 %endif
-     %nil
+     %{nil}
 
 %cmake_build
 
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ to build packages that depend on c-ares.
 %if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1500
 pushd build
 %cmake_build -C test
-LD_LIBRARY_PATH=.%_libdir:./%_lib ./bin/arestest
+LD_LIBRARY_PATH=.%{_libdir}:./%{_lib} ./bin/arestest
 %endif
 
 %post   -n %{libname} -p /sbin/ldconfig