diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 65a9186..477366a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ python-Levenshtein-0.10.1.tar.bz2
 /Levenshtein-0.26.0.tar.gz
 /Levenshtein-0.26.1.tar.gz
 /Levenshtein-0.27.1.tar.gz
+/Levenshtein-0.27.3.tar.gz
diff --git a/levenshtein-0.27.1-cython-cpp.patch b/levenshtein-0.27.1-cython-cpp.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..78710f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/levenshtein-0.27.1-cython-cpp.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -up a/src/Levenshtein/CMakeLists.txt b/src/Levenshtein/CMakeLists.txt
+--- a/src/Levenshtein/CMakeLists.txt	2026-01-10 17:00:11.456685025 -0500
++++ b/src/Levenshtein/CMakeLists.txt	2026-01-10 17:00:37.252954218 -0500
+@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ function(create_cython_target _name)
+       MAIN_DEPENDENCY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/${_name}.pyx"
+       VERBATIM
+       COMMAND
+-        Python::Interpreter -m cython "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/${_name}.pyx"
++        Python::Interpreter -m cython --cplus "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/${_name}.pyx"
+         --output-file "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${_name}.cxx")
+ 
+     set(${_name}
diff --git a/python-Levenshtein.spec b/python-Levenshtein.spec
index 69ef590..61fdd25 100644
--- a/python-Levenshtein.spec
+++ b/python-Levenshtein.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 %global srcname Levenshtein
 
 %global forgeurl https://github.com/rapidfuzz/%{srcname}
-Version:        0.27.1
+Version:        0.27.3
 %forgemeta
 
 Name:         python-%{srcname}
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ License:      GPL-2.0-or-later
 URL:          %{forgeurl}
 
 Source0:      %{forgesource}
+Patch0:       levenshtein-0.27.1-cython-cpp.patch
 
 BuildRequires: cmake
 BuildRequires: gcc
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ Summary:  %{summary}
 %description -n python3-%{srcname} %_description
 
 %prep
-%autosetup -n %{srcname}-%{version}
+%autosetup -n %{srcname}-%{version} -p1
 # Remove Cython's upper constraint
 sed -i '/Cython>=3\.[0-9]\+\./s/,\s*<3\.[0-9]\+\.[0-9a-z]*[0-9]*//' pyproject.toml
 
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ export SKBUILD_CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo
 
 %files -n python3-%{srcname} -f %{pyproject_files}
 %doc README.md
-%license COPYING
+%license LICENSE
 
 
 %changelog
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 18d87fd..d4344d7 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (Levenshtein-0.27.1.tar.gz) = 900614697dc6456223ac99d9a7eed007b605da44239806d9e7b736142c3e2ab2544abc5d206a03d99b8d1e24f7efb837fa1782477bf7854ad71d8d6f37c8e6c2
+SHA512 (Levenshtein-0.27.3.tar.gz) = 1102d6421066ea59c821416d80eec99044fd574659db2e063a5564249afddac097e740788b8d0f5c1c3c72c1a4d3ae94f027ac8609f5ad1cadde378aaee9bf43