diff --git a/baselibs.conf b/baselibs.conf
index fc2bb05..8e2a8a5 100644
--- a/baselibs.conf
+++ b/baselibs.conf
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-libIlmImf-2_2-23
-libIlmImfUtil-2_2-23
+libIlmImf-2_3-24
+libIlmImfUtil-2_3-24
     obsoletes "OpenEXR-<targettype> < <version>"
diff --git a/ilmbase-2.3.0.tar.gz.sig b/ilmbase-2.3.0.tar.gz.sig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..934b292
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diff --git a/openexr-2.2.1.tar.gz b/openexr-2.2.1.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 0e06d34..0000000
--- a/openexr-2.2.1.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:8f9a5af6131583404261931d9a5c83de0a425cb4b8b25ddab2b169fbf113aecd
-size 18176639
diff --git a/openexr-2.2.1.tar.gz.sig b/openexr-2.2.1.tar.gz.sig
deleted file mode 100644
index 9ffdf6b..0000000
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diff --git a/openexr-2.3.0.tar.gz b/openexr-2.3.0.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d6935fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openexr-2.3.0.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:fd6cb3a87f8c1a233be17b94c74799e6241d50fc5efd4df75c7a4b9cf4e25ea6
+size 18412067
diff --git a/openexr.changes b/openexr.changes
index 13ec75c..5924cee 100644
--- a/openexr.changes
+++ b/openexr.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Nov  5 11:19:12 UTC 2018 - Petr Gajdos <pgajdos@suse.com>
+
+- updated to 2.3.0
+  * ThreadPool overhead improvements, enable custom thread pool 
+    to be registered via ThreadPoolProvider class
+  * Fixes to enable custom namespaces for Iex, Imf
+  * Improve read performance for deep/zipped data, and
+    SIMD-accelerated uncompress support
+  * Added rawPixelDataToBuffer() function for access to
+    compressed scanlines
+  * Iex::BaseExc no longer derived from std::string.
+  * Imath throw() specifiers removed
+  * Initial Support for Python 3
+  * removed patch
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jan 15 05:19:19 UTC 2018 - avindra@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/openexr.spec b/openexr.spec
index 398ea05..868d710 100644
--- a/openexr.spec
+++ b/openexr.spec
@@ -12,23 +12,23 @@
 # license that conforms to the Open Source Definition (Version 1.9)
 # published by the Open Source Initiative.
 
-# Please submit bugfixes or comments via http://bugs.opensuse.org/
+# Please submit bugfixes or comments via https://bugs.opensuse.org/
 #
 
 
-%global so_suffix -2_2-23
+%global so_suffix -2_3-24
 # tests should run at least during local build
 # but do expect a HUGE number of memory, so beware
 %bcond_with tests
 Name:           openexr
-Version:        2.2.1
+Version:        2.3.0
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Utilities for work with HDR images in OpenEXR format
 License:        BSD-3-Clause
 Group:          Productivity/Graphics/Other
 Url:            http://www.openexr.com/
-Source0:        http://download.savannah.nongnu.org/releases/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
-Source1:        http://download.savannah.nongnu.org/releases/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz.sig
+Source0:        https://github.com/openexr/openexr/releases/download/v%{version}/openexr-%{version}.tar.gz
+Source1:        https://github.com/openexr/openexr/releases/download/v%{version}/ilmbase-%{version}.tar.gz.sig
 Source2:        baselibs.conf
 Source3:        openexr.keyring
 BuildRequires:  automake
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ This package contains shared library libIlmImf
 %postun -n libIlmImf%{so_suffix} -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
 %files -n libIlmImf%{so_suffix}
-%doc COPYING
+%license LICENSE
 %{_libdir}/libIlmImf-*.so.*
 
 %package -n libIlmImfUtil%{so_suffix}
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ This package contains shared library libIlmImfUtil
 %postun -n libIlmImfUtil%{so_suffix} -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
 %files -n libIlmImfUtil%{so_suffix}
-%doc COPYING
+%license LICENSE
 %{_libdir}/libIlmImfUtil-*.so.*
 
 %package devel
@@ -122,18 +122,10 @@ This package contains a documentation
 %prep
 %setup -q
 
-# poor man's fdupes
-if cmp COPYING LICENSE; then
-    rm -rf LICENSE
-    ln -sf COPYING LICENSE
-fi
-
-# remove non-linux file
-rm README.OSX
-
 %build
 export PTHREAD_LIBS="-lpthread"
 %configure \
+   --docdir=%{_docdir}/%{name} \
    --disable-static \
    --with-pic \
    --enable-large-stack \
@@ -146,16 +138,14 @@ make %{?_smp_mflags}
 %make_install
 find %{buildroot} -type f -name "*.la" -delete -print
 
-install -d -m 0755 %{buildroot}%{_defaultdocdir}/
-mv %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/doc/OpenEXR-2* %{buildroot}%{_defaultdocdir}/%{name}-%{version}
-
 %check
 %if %{with tests}
 make %{?_smp_mflags} check
 %endif
 
 %files
-%doc AUTHORS ChangeLog COPYING LICENSE NEWS README*
+%license LICENSE
+%doc AUTHORS ChangeLog NEWS README*
 %{_bindir}/exrenvmap
 %{_bindir}/exrheader
 %{_bindir}/exrmakepreview
@@ -172,6 +162,10 @@ make %{?_smp_mflags} check
 %{_datadir}/aclocal/openexr.m4
 
 %files doc
-%{_docdir}/%{name}-%{version}
+%{_docdir}/%{name}
+%exclude %{_docdir}/%{name}/AUTHORS
+%exclude %{_docdir}/%{name}/ChangeLog
+%exclude %{_docdir}/%{name}/NEWS
+%exclude %{_docdir}/%{name}/README*
 
 %changelog