diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 83c10f1..3bdf088 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,3 +8,6 @@
 /wingpanel-applications-menu-2.4.3.tar.gz
 /wingpanel-applications-menu-2.4.4.tar.gz
 /wingpanel-applications-menu-2.5.0.tar.gz
+/wingpanel-applications-menu-2.6.0.tar.gz
+/applications-menu-2.7.0.tar.gz
+/applications-menu-2.7.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/00-drop-broken-meson-deps.patch b/00-drop-broken-meson-deps.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7fbb6de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/00-drop-broken-meson-deps.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
+index 927731f..6089994 100644
+--- a/meson.build
++++ b/meson.build
+@@ -43,20 +43,12 @@ libsoup_dep = dependency('libsoup-2.4')
+ appstream_dep = dependency('appstream')
+ gio_unix_dep = dependency('gio-unix-2.0')
+ json_glib_dep = dependency('json-glib-1.0')
+-zeitgeist_dep = dependency('zeitgeist-2.0')
+ switchboard_dep = dependency('switchboard-2.0')
+ libgnome_menu_dep = dependency('libgnome-menu-3.0')
+ libhandy_dep = dependency('libhandy-0.0')
+ wingpanel_dep = dependency('wingpanel-2.0', version: '>=2.1.0')
+ posix_dep = meson.get_compiler('vala').find_library('posix')
+ 
+-unity_dep = []
+-
+-if get_option('with-unity')
+-    unity_dep = dependency('unity', version: '>=4.0.0')
+-    add_project_arguments('--define=HAVE_UNITY', language: 'vala')
+-endif
+-
+ plank_dep = dependency('plank', required: false)
+ if plank_dep.version().version_compare('>=0.10.9')
+     add_project_arguments('--define=HAS_PLANK', language: 'vala')
+diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
+index f970ad3..9e825c1 100644
+--- a/meson_options.txt
++++ b/meson_options.txt
+@@ -1,2 +1 @@
+-option('with-unity', type : 'boolean', value : 'true', description : 'Add Unity launcher support')
+ option('with-zeitgeist', type : 'boolean', value : 'true', description : 'Add Zeitgeist support')
+diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
+index 30e194b..09cfd10 100644
+--- a/src/meson.build
++++ b/src/meson.build
+@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ dependencies = [
+     libsoup_dep,
+     appstream_dep,
+     plank_dep,
+-    unity_dep,
+     wingpanel_dep,
+     libhandy_dep,
+     posix_dep,
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 7194416..5a93eeb 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (wingpanel-applications-menu-2.5.0.tar.gz) = 040fb9402b72f01261ab495ef33f03c55c55344c88d7ff4ae4a8f9ace942c7a64e435632d9cb9db1035d5394dc364d857a2b4e7ddd59edc0ef74b8c67a7865dd
+SHA512 (applications-menu-2.7.1.tar.gz) = 3ba9b7d6491d0cb50edaa72ea04900deba71c6e1706ff0b81278e4b1462581e6ad379a59e7e0283aab19b71c3587ab872f241aae0505f2b4a857cf6da95a3bdb
diff --git a/wingpanel-applications-menu.spec b/wingpanel-applications-menu.spec
index acc1d22..8638a9b 100644
--- a/wingpanel-applications-menu.spec
+++ b/wingpanel-applications-menu.spec
@@ -1,16 +1,21 @@
-%global __provides_exclude_from ^%{_libdir}/wingpanel/.*\\.so$
-
 %global srcname applications-menu
 %global appname io.elementary.wingpanel.applications-menu
 
+%global __provides_exclude_from ^%{_libdir}/(wingpanel|%{appname})/.*\\.so$
+
 Name:           wingpanel-applications-menu
 Summary:        Lightweight and stylish app launcher
-Version:        2.5.0
+Version:        2.7.1
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 License:        GPLv3+
 
 URL:            https://github.com/elementary/%{srcname}
-Source0:        %{url}/archive/%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+Source0:        %{url}/archive/%{version}/%{srcname}-%{version}.tar.gz
+
+# - drop unity dependency from meson entirely
+# - allow disabling "optional" zeitgeist dependency
+# https://github.com/elementary/applications-menu/pull/392
+Patch0:         00-drop-broken-meson-deps.patch
 
 BuildRequires:  gettext
 BuildRequires:  libappstream-glib
@@ -26,12 +31,11 @@ BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(granite) >= 0.5
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gtk+-3.0) >= 3.12.0
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(json-glib-1.0)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libgnome-menu-3.0)
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libhandy-0.0)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libsoup-2.4)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(plank) >= 0.10.9
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(switchboard-2.0)
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(unity) >= 4.0.0
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(wingpanel-2.0) >= 2.1.0
-BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(zeitgeist-2.0)
 
 Requires:       redhat-menus
 
@@ -51,7 +55,7 @@ The lightweight and stylish app launcher from elementary.
 
 
 %build
-%meson
+%meson -Dwith-zeitgeist=false
 %meson_build
 
 
@@ -72,6 +76,7 @@ appstream-util validate-relax --nonet \
 
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/xdg/menus/pantheon-applications.menu
 
+%{_libdir}/%{appname}/
 %{_libdir}/wingpanel/libslingshot.so
 
 %{_datadir}/glib-2.0/schemas/io.elementary.desktop.wingpanel.applications-menu.gschema.xml
@@ -79,6 +84,16 @@ appstream-util validate-relax --nonet \
 
 
 %changelog
+* Thu May 28 2020 Fabio Valentini <decathorpe@gmail.com> - 2.7.1-1
+- Update to version 2.7.1.
+- Drop useless unity and zeitgeist dependencies.
+
+* Sat May 09 2020 Fabio Valentini <decathorpe@gmail.com> - 2.7.0-1
+- Update to version 2.7.0.
+
+* Sat Apr 18 2020 Fabio Valentini <decathorpe@gmail.com> - 2.6.0-1
+- Update to version 2.6.0.
+
 * Mon Nov 25 2019 Fabio Valentini <decathorpe@gmail.com> - 2.5.0-1
 - Update to version 2.5.0.
 - Switch to meson build system.