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diff --git a/matplotlib-1.5.3.tar.gz b/matplotlib-1.5.3.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e9b9e1
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diff --git a/python-matplotlib.changes b/python-matplotlib.changes
index e3f82c6..cb9a0c3 100644
--- a/python-matplotlib.changes
+++ b/python-matplotlib.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Dec  2 12:15:46 UTC 2016 - sbahling@suse.com
+
+- update to version 1.5.3 
+  * Changed default autorange behavior in boxplots (introduced with
+    1.5.2)
+- Change BuildRequires and Recommends from python-Pillow to
+  python-imaging to allow for SLE 12 builds. (python-Pillow
+  provides python-imaging)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Jul 30 13:30:11 UTC 2016 - jengelh@inai.de
 
diff --git a/python-matplotlib.spec b/python-matplotlib.spec
index 27c5268..0cb5102 100644
--- a/python-matplotlib.spec
+++ b/python-matplotlib.spec
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@
 
 
 Name:           python-matplotlib
-Version:        1.5.1
+Version:        1.5.3
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Plotting Library for Python
 License:        SUSE-Matplotlib
 Group:          Development/Libraries/Python
 Url:            http://matplotlib.org
-Source:         https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/m/matplotlib/matplotlib-%{version}.tar.gz
+Source:         https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/m/matplotlib/matplotlib-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1:        matplotlib-setup.cfg
 Source2:        matplotlibplugin.py
 Source3:        matplotlibwidget.py
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ BuildRequires:  pkg-config
 BuildRequires:  poppler-tools
 BuildRequires:  python-CXX-devel >= 6.2.4
 BuildRequires:  python-Cycler
-BuildRequires:  python-Pillow
 BuildRequires:  python-devel
+BuildRequires:  python-imaging
 BuildRequires:  python-numpy-devel >= 1.6
 BuildRequires:  python-pyparsing >= 1.5.6
 BuildRequires:  python-python-dateutil >= 1.1
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ Requires:       python-pytz
 Requires:       python-six >= 1.3
 Recommends:     ghostscript
 Recommends:     libxml2-tools
-Recommends:     python-Pillow
+Recommends:     python-imaging
 Recommends:     poppler-tools
 Recommends:     python-matplotlib-tk
 %if 0%{?suse_version} && 0%{?suse_version} <= 1110
@@ -266,6 +266,7 @@ for %{name} plotting package
 %setup -q -n matplotlib-%{version}
 chmod -x lib/matplotlib/mpl-data/images/*.svg
 find examples lib/matplotlib lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d -type f -name "*.py" -exec sed -i "s|#!\/usr\/bin\/env python||" {} \;
+find examples lib/matplotlib lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d -type f -name "*.py" -exec sed -i "s|#!\/usr\/bin\/python||" {} \;
 
 %build
 cp %{SOURCE1} ./setup.cfg