diff --git a/0001-Fix-build-with-exiv2-0.28.0-raise-minimum-to-0.27.0.patch b/0001-Fix-build-with-exiv2-0.28.0-raise-minimum-to-0.27.0.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c8ed300
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-Fix-build-with-exiv2-0.28.0-raise-minimum-to-0.27.0.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+From 8767bc47c2cc9591745ee2b3214fff38eaab114f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Robert-Andr=C3=A9=20Mauchin?= <zebob.m@gmail.com>
+Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2023 18:17:04 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Fix build with >=exiv2-0.28.0, raise minimum to 0.27.0
+
+- enables use of EXIV2_TEST_VERSION macro
+- add compatibility for exiv2-0.28.0
+---
+ meson.build       |  2 +-
+ src/uni-exiv2.cpp | 21 +++++++++++++++------
+ 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
+index 8f91fb5..9ef9f09 100644
+--- a/meson.build
++++ b/meson.build
+@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ viewnior_deps = [
+   dependency('gio-2.0', version: glib_ver),
+   dependency('shared-mime-info', version: '>= 0.20'),
+   dependency('gdk-pixbuf-2.0', version: '>= 0.21'),
+-  dependency('exiv2', version: '>= 0.21'),
++  dependency('exiv2', version: '>= 0.27'),
+ ]
+ #
+ 
+diff --git a/src/uni-exiv2.cpp b/src/uni-exiv2.cpp
+index 0d14b9f..d03edd7 100644
+--- a/src/uni-exiv2.cpp
++++ b/src/uni-exiv2.cpp
+@@ -22,12 +22,21 @@
+ 
+ #include <exiv2/exiv2.hpp>
+ #include <iostream>
++#include <memory>
+ 
+ #include "uni-exiv2.hpp"
+ 
++#if EXIV2_TEST_VERSION(0,28,0)
++    typedef Exiv2::Error Exiv2Error;
++    typedef Exiv2::Image::UniquePtr ImagePtr;
++#else
++    typedef Exiv2::AnyError Exiv2Error;
++    typedef Exiv2::Image::AutoPtr ImagePtr;
++#endif
++
+ #define ARRAY_SIZE(array) (sizeof array/sizeof(array[0]))
+ 
+-static Exiv2::Image::AutoPtr cached_image;
++static ImagePtr cached_image;
+ 
+ extern "C"
+ void
+@@ -35,7 +44,7 @@ uni_read_exiv2_map(const char *uri, void (*callback)(const char*, const char*, v
+ {
+     Exiv2::LogMsg::setLevel(Exiv2::LogMsg::mute);
+     try {
+-        Exiv2::Image::AutoPtr image = Exiv2::ImageFactory::open(uri);
++        ImagePtr image = Exiv2::ImageFactory::open(uri);
+         if ( image.get() == 0 ) {
+             return;
+         }
+@@ -80,7 +89,7 @@ uni_read_exiv2_map(const char *uri, void (*callback)(const char*, const char*, v
+                 }
+             }
+         }
+-    } catch (Exiv2::AnyError& e) {
++    } catch (Exiv2Error& e) {
+         std::cerr << "Exiv2: '" << e << "'\n";
+     }
+ }
+@@ -103,7 +112,7 @@ uni_read_exiv2_to_cache(const char *uri)
+         }
+ 
+         cached_image->readMetadata();
+-    } catch (Exiv2::AnyError& e) {
++    } catch (Exiv2Error& e) {
+         std::cerr << "Exiv2: '" << e << "'\n";
+     }
+ 
+@@ -121,7 +130,7 @@ uni_write_exiv2_from_cache(const char *uri)
+     }
+ 
+     try {
+-        Exiv2::Image::AutoPtr image = Exiv2::ImageFactory::open(uri);
++        ImagePtr image = Exiv2::ImageFactory::open(uri);
+         if ( image.get() == 0 ) {
+             return 2;
+         }
+@@ -133,7 +142,7 @@ uni_write_exiv2_from_cache(const char *uri)
+         cached_image.reset(NULL);
+ 
+         return 0;
+-    } catch (Exiv2::AnyError& e) {
++    } catch (Exiv2Error& e) {
+         std::cerr << "Exiv2: '" << e << "'\n";
+     }
+ 
+-- 
+2.41.0
+
diff --git a/viewnior.spec b/viewnior.spec
index 37e039d..1432277 100644
--- a/viewnior.spec
+++ b/viewnior.spec
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@ Version:        1.8
 Release:        %autorelease
 Summary:        Elegant image viewer
 
-License:        GPLv3+
+License:        GPL-3.0-or-later
 URL:            http://siyanpanayotov.com/project/viewnior/
-Source0:        https://github.com/hellosiyan/Viewnior/archive/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+Source:         https://github.com/hellosiyan/Viewnior/archive/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+Patch:          0001-Fix-build-with-exiv2-0.28.0-raise-minimum-to-0.27.0.patch
 
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gtk+-2.0) >= 2.20
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(glib-2.0) >= 2.32