diff --git a/ddrescue-1.24.tar.lz b/ddrescue-1.24.tar.lz
deleted file mode 100644
index 8cf8574..0000000
--- a/ddrescue-1.24.tar.lz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:4b5d3feede70e3657ca6b3c7844f23131851cbb6af0cecc9721500f7d7021087
-size 85244
diff --git a/ddrescue-1.24.tar.lz.sig b/ddrescue-1.24.tar.lz.sig
deleted file mode 100644
index ecb5fb7..0000000
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diff --git a/ddrescue-1.25-pre1.tar.lz b/ddrescue-1.25-pre1.tar.lz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..30e9ac6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ddrescue-1.25-pre1.tar.lz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:27f2302f9527448143eb95373a2aa6162a6b6bbd00bd0a34fda397ffde939235
+size 85303
diff --git a/gnu_ddrescue.changes b/gnu_ddrescue.changes
index 59e7449..d68d4e7 100644
--- a/gnu_ddrescue.changes
+++ b/gnu_ddrescue.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Oct 17 09:18:36 UTC 2019 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
+
+- Update to release 1.25~rc1
+  * Make use of ftruncate if the output file supports it.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Mar  8 21:01:57 UTC 2019 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
 
diff --git a/gnu_ddrescue.spec b/gnu_ddrescue.spec
index 67be04b..6f36a7a 100644
--- a/gnu_ddrescue.spec
+++ b/gnu_ddrescue.spec
@@ -17,19 +17,20 @@
 
 
 Name:           gnu_ddrescue
-Version:        1.24
+Version:        1.25~pre1
 Release:        0
+%define rversion	1.25-pre1
 Summary:        I/O error aware data recovery and copying utility
 License:        GPL-2.0-or-later
-Group:          System/Base
+Group:          base recovery-tools
 URL:            http://gnu.org/software/ddrescue/ddrescue.html
-Source:         http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ddrescue/ddrescue-%version.tar.lz
-Source2:        http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ddrescue/ddrescue-%version.tar.lz.sig
+Source:         http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/ddrescue/ddrescue-%rversion.tar.lz
+#Source:         http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/ddrescue/ddrescue-%rversion.tar.lz.sig
 Source3:        %name.keyring
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  lzip
-# FIXME: use proper Requires(pre/post/preun/...)
-PreReq:         %install_info_prereq
+Requires(post):  %install_info_prereq
+Requires(preun): %install_info_prereq
 
 %description
 GNU ddrescue is a data recovery tool. It copies data from one file or
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ It is more memory and time efficient than dd_rescue+dd_rhelp on disks
 with more than a few hundred bad sectors.
 
 %prep
-%setup -q -n ddrescue-%version
+%autosetup -n ddrescue-%rversion
 
 %build
 # not autoconf, but at least it behaves (nearly) like it.