diff --git a/newscache.spec b/newscache.spec
index 689349a..6fb3ab2 100644
--- a/newscache.spec
+++ b/newscache.spec
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@
 Name: 		newscache
 Summary: 	Free cache server for USENET News
 Version: 	1.2
-Release: 	0.40.rc6%{?dist}
-License:	GPLv2+
-URL:		http://www.linuxhacker.at/newscache/
+Release: 	0.53.rc6%{?dist}
+# Automatically converted from old format: GPLv2+ - review is highly recommended.
+License:	GPL-2.0-or-later
+URL:		https://github.com/hstraub/NewsCache
 Source0: 	http://src.linuxhacker.at/NewsCache/%{srcnamever}.tar.gz
 Source1:	http://src.linuxhacker.at/socket++/socket++-%{socketver}.tar.gz
 Source2:	%{name}.init
@@ -16,11 +17,11 @@ Patch2:		newscache-1.2rc6-gcc43.patch
 Patch3:		socket++-1.12.12-drop_doc.patch
 Patch4:		newscache-glibc.patch
 BuildRequires: make
+BuildRequires: libxcrypt-devel
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
 BuildRequires:	libtool, texinfo, pam-devel
 BuildRequires:	systemd-units
 
-Requires(pre): shadow-utils
 Requires(post):	systemd-units
 Requires(preun): systemd-units
 Requires(postun): systemd-units
@@ -39,8 +40,8 @@ bandwidth consumption or the IO load caused by news clients.
 %setup -q -n %{srcnamever} -a 1
 
 cp etc/newscache.conf-dist newscache.conf
-%patch1 -p0
-%patch2 -p1
+%patch -P1 -p0
+%patch -P2 -p1
 
 #  to satisfy g++ >= 8.0
 sed -i 's/^main/int main/' configure.in
@@ -51,10 +52,15 @@ mkdir -p too/deep
 mv socket++-%{socketver} too/deep
 
 pushd too/deep/socket++-%{socketver}
-%patch3 -p1
+%patch -P3 -p1
 popd
 
-%patch4 -p1
+%patch -P4 -p1
+
+# Create a sysusers.d config file
+cat >newscache.sysusers.conf <<EOF
+u news - 'News user' /etc/news -
+EOF
 
 %build
 
@@ -120,13 +126,9 @@ EOF
 chmod 755 %{name}
 popd
 
+install -m0644 -D newscache.sysusers.conf %{buildroot}%{_sysusersdir}/newscache.conf
 
-%pre
 
-getent group news >/dev/null || groupadd -r news
-getent passwd news >/dev/null || \
-    useradd -r -g news -d /etc/news -s /sbin/nologin -c 'News user' news
-exit 0
 
 
 %post
@@ -154,9 +156,49 @@ exit 0
 %doc AUTHORS COPYING NEWS README THANKS TODO
 %doc doc/newscache*.txt etc/*-dist
 %{_mandir}/*/*
+%{_sysusersdir}/newscache.conf
 
 
 %changelog
+* Sat Oct  4 2025 Dmitry Butskoy <Dmitry@Butskoy.name> - 1.2-0.53.rc6
+- update URL (#2401403)
+
+* Thu Jul 24 2025 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.2-0.52.rc6
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_43_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Tue Feb 11 2025 Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> - 1.2-0.51.rc6
+- Add sysusers.d config file to allow rpm to create users/groups automatically
+
+* Sat Feb 01 2025 Björn Esser <besser82@fedoraproject.org> - 1.2-0.50.rc6
+- Add explicit BR: libxcrypt-devel
+
+* Fri Jan 17 2025 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.2-0.49.rc6
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_42_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Fri Jul 26 2024 Miroslav Suchý <msuchy@redhat.com> - 1.2-0.48.rc6
+- convert license to SPDX
+
+* Thu Jul 18 2024 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.2-0.47.rc6
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_41_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Thu Jan 25 2024 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.2-0.46.rc6
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_40_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Sun Jan 21 2024 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.2-0.45.rc6
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_40_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Thu Jul 20 2023 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.2-0.44.rc6
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_39_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Thu Jan 19 2023 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.2-0.43.rc6
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_38_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Fri Jul 22 2022 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.2-0.42.rc6
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_37_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Thu Jan 20 2022 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.2-0.41.rc6
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_36_Mass_Rebuild
+
 * Thu Jul 22 2021 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.2-0.40.rc6
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_35_Mass_Rebuild