diff --git a/cracklib-2.9.3.tar.gz b/cracklib-2.9.3.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 48de019..0000000
--- a/cracklib-2.9.3.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:69990340903b25337023c95968a303cf474122d51dd3e5d9fb1e567a4fd43b96
-size 6052
diff --git a/cracklib-2.9.6.tar.gz b/cracklib-2.9.6.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a24df5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cracklib-2.9.6.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:a3f4ba8cd20eae9a516eb89dbe2249821c77108b044723055b45bf7936150012
+size 5997
diff --git a/python-cracklib.changes b/python-cracklib.changes
index 483bf9c..baff206 100644
--- a/python-cracklib.changes
+++ b/python-cracklib.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed May 10 19:37:10 UTC 2023 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- update to 2.9.6:
+  * refresh distribution
+- spec file cleanups 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Jun 10 08:27:24 UTC 2017 - axel.braun@gmx.de
 
diff --git a/python-cracklib.spec b/python-cracklib.spec
index 67b9d82..a722880 100644
--- a/python-cracklib.spec
+++ b/python-cracklib.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-cracklib
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2017 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# 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
@@ -11,24 +11,23 @@
 # case the license is the MIT License). An "Open Source License" is a
 # 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/
 #
 
-%{?!python_module:%define python_module() python-%{**} python3-%{**}}
+
 Name:           python-cracklib
-Version:        2.9.3
+Version:        2.9.6
 Release:        0
-Url:            http://cracklib.sourceforge.net/
 Summary:        A CPython extension module wrapping the libcrack library
-License:        GPL-2.0+
+License:        GPL-2.0-or-later
 Group:          Development/Languages/Python
+URL:            https://github.com/cracklib/cracklib
 Source:         https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/c/cracklib/cracklib-%{version}.tar.gz
-BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module devel}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}
-BuildRequires:	python-rpm-macros
 BuildRequires:  cracklib-devel
+BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
 %python_subpackages
 
 %description
@@ -41,13 +40,12 @@ convenience functions.
 
 %build
 export CFLAGS="%{optflags}"
-%python_build 
+%python_build
 
 %install
 %python_install
 
 %files %{python_files}
-%defattr(-,root,root,-)
 %{python_sitearch}/*
 
 %changelog