diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index efb7cec..ec03acd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,2 @@
-xfce4-timer-plugin-0.6.1.tar.bz2
-/xfce4-timer-plugin-1.6.0.tar.bz2
-/xfce4-timer-plugin-1.7.0.tar.bz2
-/xfce4-timer-plugin-1.7.1.tar.bz2
-/xfce4-timer-plugin-1.7.2.tar.bz2
+/xfce4-timer-plugin-*.tar.bz2
+/xfce4-timer-plugin-*.tar.xz
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index a4efa0a..eff79b2 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (xfce4-timer-plugin-1.7.2.tar.bz2) = 11a3b146c56f1526530b7f810c76ba95ef4dc7c113fa0ad2839494a5bc66c09f4a3ff966bc5d76055482a284c6c082b08a4b6af4684e5ccdec67946b0cdd820d
+SHA512 (xfce4-timer-plugin-1.8.0.tar.xz) = 9729181248ee3aa6e90be8a6975a76121ce89c26131fc4eadb6840eec7059afb45f06ff9bae5e202e39d081bd898ece2fd236c5d64e1ab07a8c8ecb2c18558f0
diff --git a/xfce4-timer-plugin.spec b/xfce4-timer-plugin.spec
index 51f271d..b7f264f 100644
--- a/xfce4-timer-plugin.spec
+++ b/xfce4-timer-plugin.spec
@@ -1,25 +1,22 @@
-%global minorver 1.7
-%global _hardened_build 1
+# CVS   https://gitlab.xfce.org/panel-plugins/xfce4-timer-plugin
+%global minorver 1.8
 
-Name:		xfce4-timer-plugin
-Version:	1.7.2
-Release:	%autorelease
-Summary:	Timer for the Xfce panel
-# Automatically converted from old format: GPLv2+ - review is highly recommended.
-License:	GPL-2.0-or-later
-URL:		http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/panel-plugins/%{name}
-Source0:	http://archive.xfce.org/src/panel-plugins/xfce4-timer-plugin/%{minorver}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
+Name:           xfce4-timer-plugin
+Version:        1.8.0
+Release:        %autorelease
+Summary:        Timer for the Xfce panel
+License:        GPL-2.0-or-later
+URL:            https://docs.xfce.org/panel-plugins/xfce4-timer-plugin/start
+Source0:        https://archive.xfce.org/src/panel-plugins/xfce4-timer-plugin/%{minorver}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
 
-BuildRequires: make
-BuildRequires:	gcc-c++
-BuildRequires:	xfce4-panel-devel
-BuildRequires:	libxfce4ui-devel
-BuildRequires:	libxml2-devel
-BuildRequires:	gettext
-BuildRequires:	intltool
-BuildRequires:	perl(XML::Parser)
+BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
+BuildRequires:  gettext
+BuildRequires:  libxfce4ui-devel
+BuildRequires:  libxml2-devel
+BuildRequires:  meson
+BuildRequires:  xfce4-panel-devel
 
-Requires:	xfce4-panel
+Requires:       xfce4-panel
 
 %description
 A timer for the Xfce panel. It supports countdown periods and alarms at 
@@ -29,23 +26,30 @@ certain times.
 %prep
 %autosetup
 
-%build
-%configure --disable-static
 
-%make_build
+%build
+%meson
+%meson_build
+
 
 %install
-%make_install
+%meson_install
+
+# Rename non-standard hye locale to hy
+if [ -d %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/locale/hye ]; then
+    mv %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/locale/hye %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/locale/hy
+fi
 
 %find_lang %{name}
 
 
 %files -f %{name}.lang
-%doc AUTHORS ChangeLog TODO
+%doc AUTHORS NEWS README.md
 %license COPYING
-%{_libdir}/xfce4/panel/plugins/libxfcetimer*
+%{_libdir}/xfce4/panel/plugins/libxfcetimer.so
 %{_datadir}/xfce4/panel/plugins/xfce4-timer-plugin.desktop
 %{_datadir}/icons/hicolor/*/apps/xfce4-timer-plugin.*g
 
+
 %changelog
 %autochangelog