diff --git a/python-tempora.changes b/python-tempora.changes
index e1c6cf5..31eb847 100644
--- a/python-tempora.changes
+++ b/python-tempora.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,22 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jul 12 22:50:07 UTC 2023 - Arun Persaud <arun@gmx.de>
+
+- specfile:
+  * require 3.8 or later
+  * Changelog got renamed to NEWS
+
+- update to version 5.5.0:
+  * Features
+    + Stopwatch now uses time.monotonic.
+
+- changes from version 5.4.0:
+  * Features
+    + Require Python 3.8 or later.
+
+- changes from version 5.3.0:
+  * #24: Removed use of datetime.utc** functions deprecated in Python
+     3.12.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu May  4 21:03:54 UTC 2023 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-tempora.spec b/python-tempora.spec
index 43d6c58..d5d1e32 100644
--- a/python-tempora.spec
+++ b/python-tempora.spec
@@ -22,15 +22,14 @@
 %else
 %bcond_with libalternatives
 %endif
-%{?sle15_python_module_pythons}
 Name:           python-tempora
-Version:        5.2.2
+Version:        5.5.0
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Objects and routines pertaining to date and time (tempora)
 License:        MIT
 URL:            https://github.com/jaraco/tempora
 Source:         https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/t/tempora/tempora-%{version}.tar.gz
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module base >= 3.7}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module base >= 3.8}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module freezegun}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module jaraco.functools >= 1.20}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module pip}
@@ -46,6 +45,7 @@ BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros >= 20210929
 Requires:       python-jaraco.functools >= 1.20
 Requires:       python-pytz
 BuildArch:      noarch
+%{?sle15_python_module_pythons}
 %if %{with libalternatives}
 BuildRequires:  alts
 Requires:       alts
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ donttest="tempora.parse_timedelta"
 
 %files %{python_files}
 %license LICENSE
-%doc CHANGES.rst README.rst docs/*rst
+%doc NEWS.rst README.rst docs/*rst
 %python_alternative %{_bindir}/calc-prorate
 %{python_sitelib}/tempora
 %{python_sitelib}/tempora-%{version}.dist-info
diff --git a/tempora-5.2.2.tar.gz b/tempora-5.2.2.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 1f5da55..0000000
--- a/tempora-5.2.2.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:98ee27bc528c91a236f9a5d612ede4ef391b01f7862bf11b483ce549053651c1
-size 20957
diff --git a/tempora-5.5.0.tar.gz b/tempora-5.5.0.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9dcb14b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tempora-5.5.0.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:13e4fcc997d0509c3306d6841f03e9381b7e5e46b2bebfae9151af90085f0c26
+size 20877