diff --git a/timezone-java.changes b/timezone-java.changes
index 8368413..09af3b2 100644
--- a/timezone-java.changes
+++ b/timezone-java.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jan 24 08:13:08 UTC 2023 - Atri Bhattacharya <badshah400@gmail.com>
+
+- Install leapseconds data to %{_datadir}/zoneinfo/; this is now
+  required by some scientific applications.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Nov 30 22:42:51 UTC 2022 - Andreas Stieger <andreas.stieger@gmx.de>
 
diff --git a/timezone-java.spec b/timezone-java.spec
index 7f13f5e..ef6844b 100644
--- a/timezone-java.spec
+++ b/timezone-java.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package timezone-java
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2022 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2023 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
diff --git a/timezone.changes b/timezone.changes
index 8368413..09af3b2 100644
--- a/timezone.changes
+++ b/timezone.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jan 24 08:13:08 UTC 2023 - Atri Bhattacharya <badshah400@gmail.com>
+
+- Install leapseconds data to %{_datadir}/zoneinfo/; this is now
+  required by some scientific applications.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Nov 30 22:42:51 UTC 2022 - Andreas Stieger <andreas.stieger@gmx.de>
 
diff --git a/timezone.spec b/timezone.spec
index 067079b..31a0de5 100644
--- a/timezone.spec
+++ b/timezone.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package timezone
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2022 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2023 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ install -m 644 tzdata.zi %{buildroot}%{_prefix}/share/zoneinfo/tzdata.zi
 install -D -m 755 tzselect %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/tzselect
 install -D -m 755 zdump    %{buildroot}%{_sbindir}/zdump
 install -D -m 755 zic      %{buildroot}%{_sbindir}/zic
+install -m 644 -t %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/zoneinfo/ leapseconds leapseconds.awk leap-seconds.list
 
 %files
 %defattr(-,root,root)