diff --git a/_service b/_service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1c5334b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_service
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<services>
+  <service name="download_files" mode="manual"/>
+  <service name="cargo_vendor" mode="disabled">
+    <param name="srctar">slix-*.tar.gz</param>
+    <param name="compression">zst</param>
+    <param name="filter">true</param>
+  </service>
+</services>
diff --git a/python-slixmpp.changes b/python-slixmpp.changes
index ca7c83f..63dbaac 100644
--- a/python-slixmpp.changes
+++ b/python-slixmpp.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Nov 18 17:18:05 UTC 2025 - Markéta Machová <mmachova@suse.com>
+
+- Update to 1.12.0
+  * make use of rust and maturin
+  * various bugfixes and improvements
+- Add _service and vendor.tar.zst because of rust bits
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Jan  7 12:43:44 UTC 2025 - John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <adrian.glaubitz@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-slixmpp.spec b/python-slixmpp.spec
index 1b754d4..004c4f8 100644
--- a/python-slixmpp.spec
+++ b/python-slixmpp.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-slixmpp
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2025 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2025 SUSE LLC and contributors
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -17,25 +17,28 @@
 
 
 Name:           python-slixmpp
-Version:        1.8.6
+Version:        1.12.0
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Python XMPP (Jabber) Library that Implements Everything as a Plugin
 License:        MIT
 URL:            https://slixmpp.readthedocs.io/
 Source:         https://codeberg.org/poezio/slixmpp/archive/slix-%{version}.tar.gz
+Source1:        vendor.tar.zst
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module Cython}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module aiodns}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module aiohttp}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module cryptography}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module devel >= 3.7}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module maturin}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pip}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module wheel}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module xml}
+BuildRequires:  cargo-packaging
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  gnupg
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
 BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
+BuildRequires:  zstd
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libidn)
 Requires:       python-aiodns
 Requires:       python-aiohttp
@@ -50,7 +53,7 @@ asyncio instead of threads. XEP (XMPP Extended Protocol) coverage is
 realized as plugins.
 
 %prep
-%autosetup -p1 -n slixmpp
+%autosetup -a1 -p1 -n slixmpp
 sed -i '/\#\!\/usr\/bin\/env\ python3/d' slixmpp/plugins/xep_0454/__init__.py
 
 %build
diff --git a/slix-1.12.0.tar.gz b/slix-1.12.0.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..91f8019
--- /dev/null
+++ b/slix-1.12.0.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:f94dee171643798b4d7b2b1d649a35c187dcb52e2fb3e3242083a0fd3d171daf
+size 708335
diff --git a/slix-1.8.6.tar.gz b/slix-1.8.6.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index d2aaedc..0000000
--- a/slix-1.8.6.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:76b53d141fcd23579722b0c4aecd575835473d922d26cc9ce8b4e425be53c4ee
-size 629828
diff --git a/vendor.tar.zst b/vendor.tar.zst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..74ba663
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor.tar.zst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:f380a83f1c62d42c7c9a0a84c11235e1108ccda11e9ee038cae0eba8dd19c328
+size 3100547