diff --git a/ocrad-0.22.tar.bz2 b/ocrad-0.22.tar.bz2
deleted file mode 100644
index 6ac90ee..0000000
--- a/ocrad-0.22.tar.bz2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:885a0aa03059c1aeda222ca6fc65b7ddcfc70395b39c9cd68524d25f315ce587
-size 93045
diff --git a/ocrad-0.23.tar.lz b/ocrad-0.23.tar.lz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..13563a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ocrad-0.23.tar.lz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:f5bc9479c01fe8c64aa836c8636dff65e9b459c2edbd4fc0656f47f435d9a06f
+size 87385
diff --git a/ocrad-build-with-optflags.patch b/ocrad-build-with-optflags.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ccc7e23..0000000
--- a/ocrad-build-with-optflags.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
---- configure.orig	2013-07-24 08:20:58.611942166 +0000
-+++ configure	2013-07-24 08:23:38.298054685 +0000
-@@ -24,10 +24,6 @@
- infodir='$(datarootdir)/info'
- libdir='${exec_prefix}/lib'
- mandir='$(datarootdir)/man'
--CXX=g++
--CPPFLAGS=
--CXXFLAGS='-Wall -W -O2'
--LDFLAGS=
- 
- # checking whether we are using GNU C++.
- ${CXX} --version > /dev/null 2>&1
diff --git a/ocrad.changes b/ocrad.changes
index 2e8bf18..a1c70b3 100644
--- a/ocrad.changes
+++ b/ocrad.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun May  4 22:36:24 UTC 2014 - asterios.dramis@gmail.com
+
+- Update to 0.23:
+  * Improvements in character recognition.
+  * Filters of type '*_only' now remove leading whitespace.
+  * ocradlib.h: Changed 'uint8_t' to 'unsigned char'.
+  * Added some missing inclusions of 'cstdlib'.
+  * ocrad.texinfo: Renamed to ocrad.texi.
+- Added lzip build requirement in order to extract the package.
+- Removed ocrad-build-with-optflags.patch and instead added a fix inside the
+  spec file.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Jul 24 08:27:47 UTC 2013 - toganm@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/ocrad.spec b/ocrad.spec
index 3b87965..3c15ddd 100644
--- a/ocrad.spec
+++ b/ocrad.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package ocrad
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2013 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2014 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -17,21 +17,18 @@
 
 
 Name:           ocrad
-Version:        0.22
+Version:        0.23
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Optical Character Recognition Program
 License:        GPL-3.0+
 Group:          Productivity/Graphics/Other
-
-Url:            https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/ocrad/
-Source0:        %{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2 
-# PATCH-FIX-OPENSUSE ocrad-build-with-optflags.patch masterpatricko@gmail.com -- Make the package compile with optflags
-Patch0:         ocrad-build-with-optflags.patch
-BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
-
+Url:            http://www.gnu.org/software/ocrad/
+Source0:        http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.lz
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
+BuildRequires:  lzip
 Requires(post): info
 Requires(preun): info
+BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 
 %description
 GNU Ocrad is an OCR (Optical Character Recognition) program based on a feature
@@ -53,28 +50,24 @@ Development files for GNU ocrad - useful for programs implementing OCR.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
-%patch0 
 
 %build
 %configure
-%{__make} %{?_smp_mflags}
+make CXXFLAGS="%{optflags}" %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 %install
-%make_install install-man
-%{__rm} -f %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/libocrad.a
-
-%clean
-%{__rm} -rf %{buildroot}
+make DESTDIR=%{buildroot} install
+rm -f %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/libocrad.a
 
 %post
-%install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/%{name}.info.gz
+%install_info --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/%{name}.info%{ext_info}
 
 %preun
-%install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/%{name}.info.gz
+%install_info_delete --info-dir=%{_infodir} %{_infodir}/%{name}.info%{ext_info}
 
 %files
 %defattr(-,root,root,-)
-%doc AUTHORS COPYING ChangeLog NEWS README 
+%doc AUTHORS COPYING ChangeLog NEWS README
 %{_bindir}/ocrad
 %doc %{_infodir}/ocrad*
 %doc %{_mandir}/man1/ocrad*