diff --git a/ack.spec b/ack.spec
index 5142d70..1082b21 100644
--- a/ack.spec
+++ b/ack.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Name:           ack
-Version:        3.7.0
+Version:        3.9.0
 Release:        %autorelease
-Summary:        Grep-like text finder
+Summary:        A Grep-like source code search tool
 # SPDX migration
 License:        Artistic-2.0
 URL:            http://beyondgrep.com/
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ BuildRequires:  perl(Term::ANSIColor) >= 1.10
 BuildRequires:  perl(Test::Builder)
 BuildRequires:  perl(Test::Harness) >= 2.5
 BuildRequires:  perl(Test::More) >= 0.98
+BuildRequires:  perl(YAML::PP)
 Requires:       perl(File::Basename) >= 1.00015
 Requires:       perl(Config)
 Requires:       perl(File::Next) >= 1.18
@@ -58,26 +59,28 @@ Requires:       perl(Pod::Usage) >= 1.26
 %global __requires_exclude %{?__requires_exclude:%{__requires_exclude}|}^perl\\(File::Next\\)
 
 %description
-Ack is designed as a replacement for grep.
+Ack is a grep-like search tool designed for use with large heterogeneous
+trees of source code.  It searchs recursively and ignores common version
+control directories.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n ack3-%{version}
 
 %build
-%{__perl} Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor
-make
+perl Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor NO_PACKLIST=1 NO_PERLLOCAL=1
+%{make_build}
+
 make completion.bash
 make completion.zsh
 
 %install
-make pure_install PERL_INSTALL_ROOT=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+%{make_install}
+
 install -D -p -m 0644 completion.bash %{buildroot}%{bash_completions_dir}/ack
 install -D -p -m 0644 completion.zsh  %{buildroot}%{zsh_completions_dir}/_ack
 
-find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -type f -name .packlist -exec rm -f {} \;
-find $RPM_BUILD_ROOT -depth -type d -exec rmdir {} 2>/dev/null \;
+%{_fixperms} %{buildroot}/*
 
-%{_fixperms} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/*
 
 %check
 make test
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 05ab224..ae104a5 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (ack3-3.7.0.tar.gz) = c6f10bdac069b500ef08cd3d039e4bbb7813a898893efa39c1199958968ac928a371eb546a05133445bb73597d1fb04c2c0c3b636b5c26646db27e8eb1090f7d
+SHA512 (ack3-3.9.0.tar.gz) = 244f799bee3ba4f450ebd0b116eb7d31d46f95d522a5fed187795e9c3fd5b4e6def881d5d8bb685559ed582e3abee0cb4ea2752cacdac6930ce5737cfbca3147