diff --git a/python-unicodedata2.changes b/python-unicodedata2.changes
index 388b527..6e0a3ea 100644
--- a/python-unicodedata2.changes
+++ b/python-unicodedata2.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Feb 24 08:53:08 UTC 2025 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- update to 16.0.0:
+  * Updated to Unicode 16
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Jan  4 12:13:22 UTC 2024 - ecsosa <ecsos@opensuse.org>
 
diff --git a/python-unicodedata2.spec b/python-unicodedata2.spec
index 4657e49..773515a 100644
--- a/python-unicodedata2.spec
+++ b/python-unicodedata2.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-unicodedata2
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2023 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
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 %{?sle15_python_module_pythons}
 Name:           python-unicodedata2
-Version:        15.1.0
+Version:        16.0.0
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Python unicodedata backport/updates
 License:        Apache-2.0 AND Python-2.0
diff --git a/unicodedata2-15.1.0.tar.gz b/unicodedata2-15.1.0.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 8ad7e97..0000000
--- a/unicodedata2-15.1.0.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
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-oid sha256:71c9207ba1116f9697e68d22024e99078d871554452d4647a44a7ce6986acdf9
-size 627082
diff --git a/unicodedata2-16.0.0.tar.gz b/unicodedata2-16.0.0.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f48bfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unicodedata2-16.0.0.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
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+size 709240