diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fd4950b..5ad9ba3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1 @@
-/release_v2.09.1.tar.gz
-/release_v2.10.tar.gz
-/release_v2.14.tar.gz
-/release_v2.19.tar.gz
-/release_v2.20.tar.gz
-/release_v2.22.tar.gz
+/pycparser-*.tar.gz
diff --git a/8c219ec6.patch b/8c219ec6.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c4d7fb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/8c219ec6.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+From 8c219ec62ea3bf835c473954f30ea9b1202069eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Miro=20Hron=C4=8Dok?= <miro@hroncok.cz>
+Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 14:18:23 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Drop an unneeded direct build depndency on wheel (#597)
+
+- wheel is not needed to build sdists
+ - with setuptools 71+, wheel is not needed to build wheels either
+ - older setuptools would communicate the dependency on wheel themselves
+---
+ pyproject.toml | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
+index 5b9d7d38..9bc8da7f 100644
+--- a/pyproject.toml
++++ b/pyproject.toml
+@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+ [build-system]
+-requires = ["setuptools>=69", "wheel"]
++requires = ["setuptools>=69"]
+ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+ 
+ [project]
diff --git a/pycparser-0.91.1-remove-relative-sys-path.py b/pycparser-3.00-remove-relative-sys-path.py
similarity index 95%
rename from pycparser-0.91.1-remove-relative-sys-path.py
rename to pycparser-3.00-remove-relative-sys-path.py
index 20fcb06..090b517 100644
--- a/pycparser-0.91.1-remove-relative-sys-path.py
+++ b/pycparser-3.00-remove-relative-sys-path.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ sys.path.extend(['.', '..'])
 import sys
 import os
 
-boiler_plate = "sys.path.extend(['.', '..'])\n"
+boiler_plate = 'sys.path.extend([".", ".."])\n'
 d = sys.argv[1]
 for (root, dirs, files) in os.walk(d):
     for i in files:
diff --git a/python-pycparser.spec b/python-pycparser.spec
index 8d55a90..d4fde03 100644
--- a/python-pycparser.spec
+++ b/python-pycparser.spec
@@ -2,19 +2,17 @@
 
 Name:           python-pycparser
 Summary:        C parser and AST generator written in Python
-Version:        2.22
+Version:        3.00
 Release:        %autorelease
-
-# pycparser: BSD-3-Clause
-# bundled ply: BSD-3-Clause
 License:        BSD-3-Clause
 
-URL:            http://github.com/eliben/pycparser
-Source0:        %{url}/archive/release_v%{version}.tar.gz
-Source1:        pycparser-0.91.1-remove-relative-sys-path.py
+URL:            https://github.com/eliben/pycparser
+Source0:        %{url}/archive/release_v%{version}/pycparser-release_v%{version}.tar.gz
+Source1:        pycparser-3.00-remove-relative-sys-path.py
 
-# Remove unsafe dead code (CVE-2025-56005) from the bundled ply
-Patch:          remove-ply-unsafe-pickle-code.patch
+# Drop redundant BuildRequires for python3-wheel
+# https://github.com/fedora-eln/eln/issues/284
+Patch:          https://github.com/eliben/pycparser/commit/8c219ec6.patch
 
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
@@ -33,12 +31,6 @@ need to parse C source code.
 %package -n python3-pycparser
 Summary:        %{summary}
 
-# pycaparser bundles ply,
-# which is the preferred upstream for both upstreams.
-# See https://github.com/eliben/pycparser/pull/589
-%global         ply_version 3.9
-Provides:       bundled(python3dist(ply)) = %{ply_version}
-
 %description -n python3-pycparser
 pycparser is a complete parser for the C language, written in pure Python.
 It is a module designed to be easily integrated into applications that
@@ -55,7 +47,7 @@ need to parse C source code.
 
 %build
 pushd pycparser
-%{python3} _build_tables.py
+%{python3} _ast_gen.py
 popd
 %pyproject_wheel
 
@@ -69,9 +61,9 @@ export %{py3_test_envvars}
 %if %{with tests}
 %{python3} -m unittest discover
 %endif
-%{python3} -c 'import pycparser; assert pycparser.ply.__version__ == "%{ply_version}"'
  
 %files -n python3-pycparser -f %{pyproject_files}
+%doc README.rst
 %doc examples
 
 %changelog
diff --git a/remove-ply-unsafe-pickle-code.patch b/remove-ply-unsafe-pickle-code.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 79f77b4..0000000
--- a/remove-ply-unsafe-pickle-code.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,138 +0,0 @@
-From a8e7cb61ccd5773c390b69112c24cbb6a20ec63c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Charalampos Stratakis <cstratak@redhat.com>
-Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:19:40 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH] Remove unsafe pickle code from bundled ply (CVE-2025-56005)
-
----
- pycparser/ply/yacc.py | 73 ++-----------------------------------------
- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 71 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/pycparser/ply/yacc.py b/pycparser/ply/yacc.py
-index 20b4f28..6b38a30 100644
---- a/pycparser/ply/yacc.py
-+++ b/pycparser/ply/yacc.py
-@@ -90,8 +90,6 @@ yaccdevel   = False            # Set to True if developing yacc.  This turns off
- 
- resultlimit = 40               # Size limit of results when running in debug mode.
- 
--pickle_protocol = 0            # Protocol to use when writing pickle files
--
- # String type-checking compatibility
- if sys.version_info[0] < 3:
-     string_types = basestring
-@@ -1995,33 +1993,6 @@ class LRTable(object):
-         self.lr_method = parsetab._lr_method
-         return parsetab._lr_signature
- 
--    def read_pickle(self, filename):
--        try:
--            import cPickle as pickle
--        except ImportError:
--            import pickle
--
--        if not os.path.exists(filename):
--          raise ImportError
--
--        in_f = open(filename, 'rb')
--
--        tabversion = pickle.load(in_f)
--        if tabversion != __tabversion__:
--            raise VersionError('yacc table file version is out of date')
--        self.lr_method = pickle.load(in_f)
--        signature      = pickle.load(in_f)
--        self.lr_action = pickle.load(in_f)
--        self.lr_goto   = pickle.load(in_f)
--        productions    = pickle.load(in_f)
--
--        self.lr_productions = []
--        for p in productions:
--            self.lr_productions.append(MiniProduction(*p))
--
--        in_f.close()
--        return signature
--
-     # Bind all production function names to callable objects in pdict
-     def bind_callables(self, pdict):
-         for p in self.lr_productions:
-@@ -2839,32 +2810,6 @@ del _lr_goto_items
-             raise
- 
- 
--    # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
--    # pickle_table()
--    #
--    # This function pickles the LR parsing tables to a supplied file object
--    # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
--    def pickle_table(self, filename, signature=''):
--        try:
--            import cPickle as pickle
--        except ImportError:
--            import pickle
--        with open(filename, 'wb') as outf:
--            pickle.dump(__tabversion__, outf, pickle_protocol)
--            pickle.dump(self.lr_method, outf, pickle_protocol)
--            pickle.dump(signature, outf, pickle_protocol)
--            pickle.dump(self.lr_action, outf, pickle_protocol)
--            pickle.dump(self.lr_goto, outf, pickle_protocol)
--
--            outp = []
--            for p in self.lr_productions:
--                if p.func:
--                    outp.append((p.str, p.name, p.len, p.func, os.path.basename(p.file), p.line))
--                else:
--                    outp.append((str(p), p.name, p.len, None, None, None))
--            pickle.dump(outp, outf, pickle_protocol)
--
- # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- #                            === INTROSPECTION ===
- #
-@@ -3213,7 +3158,7 @@ class ParserReflect(object):
- 
- def yacc(method='LALR', debug=yaccdebug, module=None, tabmodule=tab_module, start=None,
-          check_recursion=True, optimize=False, write_tables=True, debugfile=debug_file,
--         outputdir=None, debuglog=None, errorlog=None, picklefile=None):
-+         outputdir=None, debuglog=None, errorlog=None):
- 
-     if tabmodule is None:
-         tabmodule = tab_module
-@@ -3221,10 +3166,6 @@ def yacc(method='LALR', debug=yaccdebug, module=None, tabmodule=tab_module, star
-     # Reference to the parsing method of the last built parser
-     global parse
- 
--    # If pickling is enabled, table files are not created
--    if picklefile:
--        write_tables = 0
--
-     if errorlog is None:
-         errorlog = PlyLogger(sys.stderr)
- 
-@@ -3281,10 +3222,7 @@ def yacc(method='LALR', debug=yaccdebug, module=None, tabmodule=tab_module, star
-     # Read the tables
-     try:
-         lr = LRTable()
--        if picklefile:
--            read_signature = lr.read_pickle(picklefile)
--        else:
--            read_signature = lr.read_table(tabmodule)
-+        read_signature = lr.read_table(tabmodule)
-         if optimize or (read_signature == signature):
-             try:
-                 lr.bind_callables(pinfo.pdict)
-@@ -3479,13 +3417,6 @@ def yacc(method='LALR', debug=yaccdebug, module=None, tabmodule=tab_module, star
-         except IOError as e:
-             errorlog.warning("Couldn't create %r. %s" % (tabmodule, e))
- 
--    # Write a pickled version of the tables
--    if picklefile:
--        try:
--            lr.pickle_table(picklefile, signature)
--        except IOError as e:
--            errorlog.warning("Couldn't create %r. %s" % (picklefile, e))
--
-     # Build the parser
-     lr.bind_callables(pinfo.pdict)
-     parser = LRParser(lr, pinfo.error_func)
--- 
-2.53.0
-
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 14d685c..35ce47f 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (release_v2.22.tar.gz) = 1c5be2b83c0a892cafa55a2595942d7048994772dc0fc71d2943004b4198d939c0bf2a164d763d94fe11d532e49371c59c1cf4037c32dab8d3cf0c553a8de64a
+SHA512 (pycparser-release_v3.00.tar.gz) = e3b877aebedd49616f2144812e385de973add7bf358cf908fecd210149e9c2da563ffd27b09e915ebbf0f159fec83de76c7f7c27d0baa1282f75c50beb666590