diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 70f398a..72db243 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -21,3 +21,5 @@
 /aerc-0.20.0-vendor.tar.bz2
 /aerc-0.20.1.tar.gz
 /aerc-0.20.1-vendor.tar.bz2
+/aerc-0.21.0.tar.gz
+/aerc-0.21.0-vendor.tar.bz2
diff --git a/aerc.spec b/aerc.spec
index 6bf15b9..d3ceec8 100644
--- a/aerc.spec
+++ b/aerc.spec
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
 
 # https://git.sr.ht/~rjarry/aerc
 %global goipath         git.sr.ht/~rjarry/aerc
-%global version0        0.20.1
+%global version0        0.21.0
 
-%gometa -L
+%gometa -L -f
 
 %global common_description %{expand:
 Aerc is an email client that runs in your terminal. It is highly
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ BuildRequires:  gnupg
 BuildRequires:  notmuch-devel
 BuildRequires:  scdoc
 
-# for libnotmuch.so
-Requires:       notmuch
 # used in the builtin `html` filter
 Requires:       w3m
 # aerc is mainly targeted at developers using a git+email workflow
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index eed1a8b..12ae86a 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA512 (aerc-0.20.1.tar.gz) = 7221217b7f0e6f92b589864b2e214b3edad3a2f702ab1d6b83f11eba6bb443bf334e76dbb61a67a13a9673e5e5106428ea3ba0ade940dc7f2cf488076783f4a5
-SHA512 (aerc-0.20.1-vendor.tar.bz2) = 5c940f028f1701631dc9b293b462de1f5c260de781517e8b199a2e92da7d6532f76f675963459f917ff5535b90a4bb1084e9a19093690f9dcf7357d9a898f66a
+SHA512 (aerc-0.21.0.tar.gz) = b58b3ba9fe36a22b5717d48d7b1caf37303003cb4f32138e79f9775a96dbc5d8b27700091dbfe56f31954be5881467a7c5d8c1895d9161eda19a0d7e5c4750aa
+SHA512 (aerc-0.21.0-vendor.tar.bz2) = 5deb3e85cdeed9d0366e08ba851bbc4382dfafd3e2ecfb561cfc9b0afdd90183d72683a4c055d95a474144a2a5ba816c2946a1ade9acc85119d0e3242ef8af60