diff --git a/cpanspec.yml b/cpanspec.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c76cf3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cpanspec.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+---
+#description_paragraphs: 3
+#description: |-
+#  override description from CPAN
+#summary: override summary from CPAN
+#no_testing: broken upstream
+#sources:
+#  - source1
+#  - source2
+#patches:
+#  foo.patch: -p1
+#  bar.patch:
+#  baz.patch: PATCH-FIX-OPENSUSE
+#preamble: |-
+# BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
+#post_prep: |-
+# hunspell=`pkg-config --libs hunspell | sed -e 's,-l,,; s,  *,,g'`
+# sed -i -e "s,hunspell-X,$hunspell," t/00-prereq.t Makefile.PL 
+#post_build: |-
+# rm unused.files
+#post_install: |-
+# sed on %{name}.files
+license: perl
+#skip_noarch: 1
+#custom_build: |-
+#./Build build flags=%{?_smp_mflags} --myflag
+#custom_test: |-
+#startserver && make test
+#ignore_requires: Bizarre::Module
+#skip_doc: regexp_to_skip_for_doc.*
+#add_doc: files to add to docs
+#misc: |-
+#anything else to be added to spec file
+#follows directly after %files section, so it can contain new blocks or also
+#changes to %files section
diff --git a/perl-Text-Iconv.changes b/perl-Text-Iconv.changes
index 787e47c..5852808 100644
--- a/perl-Text-Iconv.changes
+++ b/perl-Text-Iconv.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Feb 10 21:39:41 UTC 2025 - Tina Müller <tina.mueller@suse.com>
+
+- Normalize CPAN version
+  See https://github.com/openSUSE/cpanspec/issues/47 for details
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Nov 18 08:38:26 UTC 2011 - coolo@suse.com
 
diff --git a/perl-Text-Iconv.spec b/perl-Text-Iconv.spec
index f413f8e..82e3eed 100644
--- a/perl-Text-Iconv.spec
+++ b/perl-Text-Iconv.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package perl-Text-Iconv
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2011 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2025 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -12,59 +12,56 @@
 # 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/
 #
 
-# norootforbuild
 
-
-Name:           perl-Text-Iconv
 %define cpan_name Text-Iconv
+Name:           perl-Text-Iconv
+Version:        1.700.0
+Release:        0
+# 1.7 -> normalize -> 1.700.0
+%define cpan_version 1.7
+License:        Artistic-1.0 OR GPL-1.0-or-later
 Summary:        Perl interface to iconv() codeset conversion function
-Version:        1.7
-Release:        7
-License:        Artistic-1.0
-Group:          Development/Libraries/Perl
-Url:            http://search.cpan.org/dist/Text-Iconv
-Source:         %{cpan_name}-%{version}.tar.gz
-BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
-%{perl_requires}
+URL:            https://metacpan.org/release/%{cpan_name}
+Source0:        https://cpan.metacpan.org/authors/id/M/MP/MPIOTR/%{cpan_name}-%{cpan_version}.tar.gz
+Source1:        cpanspec.yml
 BuildRequires:  perl
 BuildRequires:  perl-macros
+Provides:       perl(Text::Iconv) = %{version}
+%undefine       __perllib_provides
+%{perl_requires}
 
 %description
-The Text::Iconv module provides a Perl interface to the iconv() function as
-defined by the Single UNIX Specification.
+The *Text::Iconv* module provides a Perl interface to the iconv() function
+as defined by the Single UNIX Specification.
 
-The convert() method converts the encoding of characters in the input string
-from the fromcode codeset to the tocode codeset, and returns the result.
+The convert() method converts the encoding of characters in the input
+string from the _fromcode_ codeset to the _tocode_ codeset, and returns the
+result.
 
-Settings of fromcode and tocode and their permitted combinations are
+Settings of _fromcode_ and _tocode_ and their permitted combinations are
 implementation-dependent. Valid values are specified in the system
-documentation; the iconv(1) utility should also provide a -l option that lists
-all supported codesets.
+documentation; the iconv(1) utility should also provide a *-l* option that
+lists all supported codesets.
 
 %prep
-%setup -q -n %{cpan_name}-%{version}
+%autosetup  -n %{cpan_name}-%{cpan_version} -p1
 
 %build
-perl Makefile.PL OPTIMIZE="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -Wall"
-%{__make} %{?_smp_mflags}
+perl Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor OPTIMIZE="%{optflags}"
+%make_build
 
 %check
-%{__make} test
+make test
 
 %install
 %perl_make_install
 %perl_process_packlist
 %perl_gen_filelist
 
-%clean
-%{__rm} -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-
 %files -f %{name}.files
-# normally you only need to check for doc files
-%defattr(-,root,root,)
 %doc Changes README
 
 %changelog