diff --git a/givaro-3.8.0.tar.gz b/givaro-3.8.0.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 856f9cc..0000000
--- a/givaro-3.8.0.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:d89728d6ae527e80e9cd48fb40daf9b8a16907ed1b7cb621416a1483b69e42a0
-size 823507
diff --git a/givaro-4.0.0.tar.gz b/givaro-4.0.0.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ae2687
--- /dev/null
+++ b/givaro-4.0.0.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:10c393ef9bb5eb7bf3809134a65d0815e7583de55514b56c6532d07ce50883f6
+size 920437
diff --git a/givaro.changes b/givaro.changes
index 62cd43a..53efc1f 100644
--- a/givaro.changes
+++ b/givaro.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Nov 14 10:21:24 UTC 2015 - jengelh@inai.de
+
+- Update to new upstream release 4.0.0
+* No upstream changelog was provided
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Oct 11 18:46:20 UTC 2014 - jengelh@inai.de
 
diff --git a/givaro.spec b/givaro.spec
index a093537..1f6b0f3 100644
--- a/givaro.spec
+++ b/givaro.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package givaro
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2014 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2015 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -17,19 +17,22 @@
 
 
 Name:           givaro
-%define lname   libgivaro0
-# Watch whether their ABI changes without notice and without SONAME again..
-Version:        3.8.0
+%define lname   libgivaro8
+# givaro failed to update the SONAME in the past; continue verifying it
+# moves in the future as needed.
+Version:        4.0.0
 Release:        0
 Summary:        C++ library for arithmetic and algebraic computations
 License:        CECILL-B
 Group:          Productivity/Scientific/Math
 Url:            http://givaro.forge.imag.fr/
 
+#Git-Web:	https://github.com/linbox-team/givaro
+#Git-Clone:	git://github.com/linbox-team/givaro
 # For every version, the damn link changes. The basename is ignored, but what
 # matters to the FRS is the file ID after "download.php". For example, /370
 # will always pull givaro-3.7.2.tar.gz.
-Source:         http://forge.imag.fr/frs/download.php/592/%name-%version.tar.gz
+Source:         https://forge.imag.fr/frs/download.php/672/givaro-4.0.0.tar.gz
 Patch1:         givaro-doc-no-build-time.patch
 # Old doxygen does not properly handle symlink recursion
 BuildRequires:  doxygen >= 1.5.7.1
@@ -114,9 +117,9 @@ the Givaro API.
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 %install
-b="%buildroot";
-make install DESTDIR="$b";
-rm -f "$b/%_libdir"/*.la;
+b="%buildroot"
+%make_install
+rm -f "$b/%_libdir"/*.la
 %fdupes -s %buildroot/%_docdir/%name/givaro-html/
 
 %post   -n %lname -p /sbin/ldconfig
@@ -124,7 +127,7 @@ rm -f "$b/%_libdir"/*.la;
 
 %files -n %lname
 %defattr(-,root,root)
-%_libdir/libgivaro.so.0*
+%_libdir/libgivaro.so.8*
 %doc COPYRIGHT COPYING
 
 %files devel
@@ -134,6 +137,7 @@ rm -f "$b/%_libdir"/*.la;
 %_includedir/givaro-config.h
 %_includedir/givaro/
 %_includedir/gmp++/
+%_includedir/recint/
 %_libdir/libgivaro.so
 
 %files doc