diff --git a/python-slixmpp.changes b/python-slixmpp.changes
index d4a2817..ca7c83f 100644
--- a/python-slixmpp.changes
+++ b/python-slixmpp.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jan  7 12:43:44 UTC 2025 - John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <adrian.glaubitz@suse.com>
+
+- Update to 1.8.6
+  * Moving away from self-hosted gitlab (mathieui)
+  * Fix connection to Snikket instances (pep., mathieui)
+  * Performance fix for XEP-0115 queries
+  * New documentation listing projects using slixmpp (genghis)
+  * Bugfix and improvements (nicoco, mostly)
+- Remove shebang from slixmpp/plugins/xep_0454/__init__.py
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Feb 27 03:29:02 UTC 2024 - Steve Kowalik <steven.kowalik@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-slixmpp.spec b/python-slixmpp.spec
index f490e77..1b754d4 100644
--- a/python-slixmpp.spec
+++ b/python-slixmpp.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-slixmpp
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2024 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2025 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 
 Name:           python-slixmpp
-Version:        1.8.5
+Version:        1.8.6
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Python XMPP (Jabber) Library that Implements Everything as a Plugin
 License:        MIT
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ realized as plugins.
 
 %prep
 %autosetup -p1 -n slixmpp
+sed -i '/\#\!\/usr\/bin\/env\ python3/d' slixmpp/plugins/xep_0454/__init__.py
 
 %build
 export CFLAGS="%{optflags}"
diff --git a/slix-1.8.5.tar.gz b/slix-1.8.5.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 16ced57..0000000
--- a/slix-1.8.5.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:e7f5c9275879788b6a9163a85281bde924faf871f508d07a0671a4668fb7d75f
-size 622476
diff --git a/slix-1.8.6.tar.gz b/slix-1.8.6.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d2aaedc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/slix-1.8.6.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:76b53d141fcd23579722b0c4aecd575835473d922d26cc9ce8b4e425be53c4ee
+size 629828