diff --git a/ugrep-4.3.3.tar.gz b/ugrep-4.3.3.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index a995883..0000000
--- a/ugrep-4.3.3.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:332a3b5fca782d41e424c210bec025d01682190228d62b807352c686073befde
-size 4595042
diff --git a/ugrep-4.3.4.tar.gz b/ugrep-4.3.4.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca8db72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ugrep-4.3.4.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:d206a76b3bc103a0c5187f973943cbd8339995a289f62a237a0e658ecb2d0743
+size 4597527
diff --git a/ugrep.changes b/ugrep.changes
index 593e29f..9eb03b7 100644
--- a/ugrep.changes
+++ b/ugrep.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Nov 25 07:59:11 UTC 2023 - Andreas Stieger <andreas.stieger@gmx.de>
+
+- update to 4.3.4:
+  * the ug command no longer quits with an error message when no
+    default .ugrep config file was found
+  * improved GNU grep compatibility
+  * Bug fixes for parsing configuration files 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Nov 15 20:52:19 UTC 2023 - Andreas Stieger <andreas.stieger@gmx.de>
 
diff --git a/ugrep.spec b/ugrep.spec
index 220b981..9d05ab7 100644
--- a/ugrep.spec
+++ b/ugrep.spec
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 
 Name:           ugrep
-Version:        4.3.3
+Version:        4.3.4
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Universal grep: a feature-rich grep implementation with focus on speed
 License:        BSD-3-Clause
@@ -27,13 +27,16 @@ Source:         https://github.com/Genivia/ugrep/archive/v%{version}.tar.gz#/%{n
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(bzip2)
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(bzip3)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libbrotlidec)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(liblz4)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(liblzma)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libpcre2-8)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libzstd)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(zlib)
+# the bzip3 version seems to old, the tests break with decompression errors
+%if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1600
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(bzip3)
+%endif
 
 %description
 Ugrep supports an interactive query UI and can search file systems, source
@@ -46,7 +49,11 @@ fuzzy search.
 %build
 %configure \
 	--disable-avx \
-	--enable-color
+	--enable-color \
+%if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1600
+	--with-bzip3 \
+%endif
+	%{nil}
 %make_build
 
 %install