diff --git a/PyCBC-2.4.0.tar.gz b/PyCBC-2.4.0.tar.gz
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diff --git a/PyCBC-2.5.1.tar.gz b/PyCBC-2.5.1.tar.gz
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diff --git a/python-PyCBC.changes b/python-PyCBC.changes
index a36a1a6..e039471 100644
--- a/python-PyCBC.changes
+++ b/python-PyCBC.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Aug 17 05:29:48 UTC 2024 - Atri Bhattacharya <badshah400@gmail.com>
+
+- Update to version 2.5.1:
+  * enable checksum by default for h5py datasets
+  * use a personal branch of BBHx to allow python3.9 to run
+- Changes from version 2.5.0:
+  * Add support for python 3.12, drop support for python 3.8
+  * Standardization of logging and versioning information
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Oct 19 12:40:49 UTC 2023 - Atri Bhattacharya <badshah400@gmail.com>
 
diff --git a/python-PyCBC.spec b/python-PyCBC.spec
index 21847fe..61383f5 100644
--- a/python-PyCBC.spec
+++ b/python-PyCBC.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-PyCBC
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2023 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2024 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -30,14 +30,14 @@
 
 %define modname PyCBC
 Name:           python-PyCBC%{psuffix}
-Version:        2.4.0
+Version:        2.5.1
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Core library to analyze gravitational-wave data
 License:        GPL-3.0-or-later
 URL:            http://www.pycbc.org/
 Source0:        https://github.com/gwastro/pycbc/archive/v%{version}.tar.gz#/%{modname}-%{version}.tar.gz
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module Cython >= 0.29}
-BuildRequires:  %{python_module devel >= 3.7}
+BuildRequires:  %{python_module devel >= 3.9}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module numpy-devel >= 1.16.0}
 BuildRequires:  %{python_module setuptools}
 BuildRequires:  fdupes