diff --git a/baselibs.conf b/baselibs.conf
index d5c12f1..b86bc3f 100644
--- a/baselibs.conf
+++ b/baselibs.conf
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-libprotobuf25_1_0
-libprotoc25_1_0
-libprotobuf-lite25_1_0
+libprotobuf25_2_0
+libprotoc25_2_0
+libprotobuf-lite25_2_0
diff --git a/protobuf-25.1.tar.gz b/protobuf-25.1.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 3a4f56c..0000000
--- a/protobuf-25.1.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:9bd87b8280ef720d3240514f884e56a712f2218f0d693b48050c836028940a42
-size 5878124
diff --git a/protobuf-25.2.tar.gz b/protobuf-25.2.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..41c732e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/protobuf-25.2.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:8ff511a64fc46ee792d3fe49a5a1bcad6f7dc50dfbba5a28b0e5b979c17f9871
+size 5878387
diff --git a/protobuf-rpmlintrc b/protobuf-rpmlintrc
deleted file mode 100644
index f8008a5..0000000
--- a/protobuf-rpmlintrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-addFilter("shlib-policy-name-error")
-addFilter("env-script-interpreter")
-addFilter("spurious-executable-perm")
diff --git a/protobuf.changes b/protobuf.changes
index 32b50ec..2886932 100644
--- a/protobuf.changes
+++ b/protobuf.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Mar  8 16:25:26 UTC 2024 - Andreas Stieger <andreas.stieger@gmx.de>
+
+- update to 25.2:
+  * Only substitute prefixes during installation setup
+  * Register a shutdown delete for C++ feature defaults
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Jan  2 13:52:00 UTC 2024 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/protobuf.spec b/protobuf.spec
index b17f20e..2006e9b 100644
--- a/protobuf.spec
+++ b/protobuf.spec
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
 #
 
 
-%{!?make_build:%global make_build make %{?_smp_mflags}}
-%{?!python_module:%define python_module() python-%{**} python3-%{**}}
 %define tarname protobuf
 %define extra_java_flags -source 8 -target 8
 # requires gmock, which is not yet in the distribution
@@ -26,8 +24,8 @@
 %bcond_without python3
 %{?sle15_python_module_pythons}
 Name:           protobuf
-Version:        25.1
-%global         sover 25_1_0
+Version:        25.2
+%global         sover 25_2_0
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Protocol Buffers - Google's data interchange format
 License:        BSD-3-Clause
@@ -36,7 +34,6 @@ URL:            https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf
 Source0:        https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/v%{version}.tar.gz#/%{tarname}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1:        manifest.txt.in
 Source2:        baselibs.conf
-Source1000:     %{name}-rpmlintrc
 Patch0:         add-missing-stdint-header.patch
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module abseil}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module devel >= 3.7}
@@ -215,24 +212,24 @@ popd
 
 %fdupes %{buildroot}%{_prefix}
 
-%post -n libprotobuf%{sover} -p /sbin/ldconfig
-%postun -n libprotobuf%{sover} -p /sbin/ldconfig
-%post -n libprotoc%{sover} -p /sbin/ldconfig
-%postun -n libprotoc%{sover} -p /sbin/ldconfig
-%post -n libprotobuf-lite%{sover} -p /sbin/ldconfig
-%postun -n libprotobuf-lite%{sover} -p /sbin/ldconfig
+%ldconfig_scriptlets -n libprotobuf%{sover}
+%ldconfig_scriptlets -n libprotoc%{sover}
+%ldconfig_scriptlets -n libprotobuf-lite%{sover}
 
 %files -n libprotobuf%{sover}
 %license LICENSE
 %{_libdir}/libprotobuf.so.%{VERSION}.0
 
 %files -n libprotoc%{sover}
+%license LICENSE
 %{_libdir}/libprotoc.so.%{VERSION}.0
 
 %files -n libprotobuf-lite%{sover}
+%license LICENSE
 %{_libdir}/libprotobuf-lite.so.%{VERSION}.0
 
 %files devel
+%license LICENSE
 %doc CONTRIBUTORS.txt README.md
 %{_bindir}/protoc*
 %{_includedir}/google
@@ -258,6 +255,7 @@ popd
 
 %if %{with java}
 %files -n %{name}-java -f java/.mfiles
+%license LICENSE
 %{_javadir}/%{name}.jar
 %endif