diff --git a/python-rapidfuzz.changes b/python-rapidfuzz.changes
index 0eea31e..805d4f2 100644
--- a/python-rapidfuzz.changes
+++ b/python-rapidfuzz.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Apr  6 12:11:45 UTC 2024 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- update to 3.7.0:
+  * reduce importtime
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Mar 13 19:02:16 UTC 2024 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-rapidfuzz.spec b/python-rapidfuzz.spec
index 04c9e52..a6db871 100644
--- a/python-rapidfuzz.spec
+++ b/python-rapidfuzz.spec
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 %{?sle15_python_module_pythons}
 Name:           python-rapidfuzz
-Version:        3.6.2
+Version:        3.7.0
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Rapid fuzzy string matching
 License:        MIT
diff --git a/rapidfuzz-3.6.2.tar.gz b/rapidfuzz-3.6.2.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index bac3cac..0000000
--- a/rapidfuzz-3.6.2.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:cf911e792ab0c431694c9bf2648afabfd92099103f2e31492893e078ddca5e1a
-size 1556623
diff --git a/rapidfuzz-3.7.0.tar.gz b/rapidfuzz-3.7.0.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..22babab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rapidfuzz-3.7.0.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:620df112c39c6d27316dc1e22046dc0382d6d91fd60d7c51bd41ca0333d867e9
+size 1569549