diff --git a/python-xapp-2.4.2.tar.gz b/python-xapp-2.4.2.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..564fcc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python-xapp-2.4.2.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:39e4c3f06732e9d197b9aed31444653da2976c1d66dded870b52cc9782f2237d
+size 21482
diff --git a/python-xapp.changes b/python-xapp.changes
index f74cc4a..0ff7106 100644
--- a/python-xapp.changes
+++ b/python-xapp.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,22 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Aug 12 09:31:36 UTC 2024 - Richard Rahl <rrahl0@opensuse.org>
+
+- update to 2.4.2:
+  * Make python installation configurable for distro packaging (meson)
+  * Revert "os.py: Add function to read the VERSION_CODENAME in /etc/os-release
+  * Revert "os.py: rename get_os_release_codename()
+  * os.py: rename get_os_release_codename() to get_os_release_info()
+  * os.py: Add function to read the VERSION_CODENAME in /etc/os-release
+- update to 2.4.1:
+  * fix lintian error and build failure
+- update to 2.4.0:
+  * Use access() to test readability of /proc/cmdline
+  * Use meson to build
+- update to 2.2.2:
+  * scale widget: Add the units to the value instead of appending it to
+- update spec file to newer standards, add the older setup.py, so we
+  can build it for multiple python versions
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu May 16 15:07:15 UTC 2024 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
 
diff --git a/python-xapp.spec b/python-xapp.spec
index f21c1c8..05dd4e6 100644
--- a/python-xapp.spec
+++ b/python-xapp.spec
@@ -16,17 +16,16 @@
 #
 
 
-%define skip_python2 1
-%define _name python3-xapp
-%{?!python_module:%define python_module() python-%{**} python3-%{**}}
+%define         skip_python2 1
+%define         _name python3-xapp
 Name:           python-xapp
-Version:        2.2.1
+Version:        2.4.2
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Python XApp library
 License:        GPL-2.0-or-later
-Group:          Development/Languages/Python
 URL:            https://github.com/linuxmint/python3-xapp
-Source:         https://github.com/linuxmint/python3-xapp/archive/%{version}.tar.gz#/%{_name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+Source0:        %{url}/archive/%{version}.tar.gz#/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+Source1:        setup.py
 # PATCH-FEATURE-OPENSUSE python-xapp-xdgsu.patch -- Escalate privileges using xdg-su.
 Patch0:         python-xapp-xdgsu.patch
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module devel}
@@ -45,6 +44,9 @@ desktop environments and required to implement cross-DE solutions.
 
 %prep
 %autosetup -p1 -n %{_name}-%{version}
+cp %{SOURCE1} .
+# let's change the version in setup.py
+sed -i 's|version = "0.0.0",|version = "%{version}",|g' setup.py
 
 %build
 %python_build
diff --git a/python3-xapp-2.2.1.tar.gz b/python3-xapp-2.2.1.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 6af9bf2..0000000
--- a/python3-xapp-2.2.1.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:6dcba34e3de89bb3dfb1237a571f72a99b19fa73728205c38e38e9c6c945613d
-size 20739
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a5f5ad5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+from setuptools import setup
+
+setup( name = "python-xapp",
+       version = "0.0.0",
+       description = "Python Xapp Library",
+       maintainer = "Linux Mint",
+       maintainer_email = "root@linuxmint.com",
+       url = "http://github.com/linuxmint/python-xapp",
+       packages = ['xapp'],
+       classifiers = [
+                "License :: OSI Approved :: GNU Lesser General Public License v2 (LGPLv2)",
+                "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+                "Topic :: Desktop Environment",
+                ],
+     )