diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 90a49bc..4bff504 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 /zxing-cpp-2.0.0.tar.gz
+/zxing-cpp-2.2.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 2ce0201..be224d4 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (zxing-cpp-2.0.0.tar.gz) = fa22164f834a42194eafd0d3e9c09d953233c69843ac6e79c8d6513314be28d8082382b436c379368e687e0eed05cb5e566d2893ec6eb29233a36643904ae083
+SHA512 (zxing-cpp-2.2.1.tar.gz) = f1de8df783061a152a18cd9102ac0c579c40c76ab4a5ba9f30bcb8ddb532f3fac08736840a631adbf7c30a7fa00ce8d65625c8cd695288620601708e8f256a53
diff --git a/zxing-cpp-1.2.0-system-pybind11.patch b/zxing-cpp-1.2.0-system-pybind11.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index dfea017..0000000
--- a/zxing-cpp-1.2.0-system-pybind11.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-diff -Naur zxing-cpp-1.2.0-original/wrappers/python/CMakeLists.txt zxing-cpp-1.2.0/wrappers/python/CMakeLists.txt
---- zxing-cpp-1.2.0-original/wrappers/python/CMakeLists.txt	2021-05-28 06:47:09.000000000 -0400
-+++ zxing-cpp-1.2.0/wrappers/python/CMakeLists.txt	2021-12-13 20:31:22.286170793 -0500
-@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
- cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.14)
- project(ZXingPython)
- 
--set (pybind11_git_repo https://github.com/pybind/pybind11.git)
--set (pybind11_git_rev v2.10.2)
-+find_package(pybind11)
- 
- # check if we are called from the top-level ZXing project
- get_directory_property(hasParent PARENT_DIRECTORY)
-@@ -21,14 +20,8 @@
-         add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../core ZXing EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
- 
-         include(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../zxing.cmake)
--        zxing_add_package(pybind11 pybind11 ${pybind11_git_repo} ${pybind11_git_rev})
-     else()
-         # we don't have access to the top-level cmake helpers -> simply fetch it unconditional
--        include(FetchContent)
--        FetchContent_Declare (pybind11
--            GIT_REPOSITORY ${pybind11_git_repo}
--            GIT_TAG ${pybind11_git_rev})
--        FetchContent_MakeAvailable (pybind11)
- 
-         # Building from python source distribution (which does not include the whole repository but only python part)
-         # so we need to get c++ source git to build the python extension. The python distribution version (given in
-@@ -54,8 +47,6 @@
-             add_subdirectory(${zxing-cpp_SOURCE_DIR}/core ZXing EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
-         endif()
-     endif()
--else()
--    zxing_add_package(pybind11 pybind11 ${pybind11_git_repo} ${pybind11_git_rev})
- endif()
- 
- # build the python module
diff --git a/zxing-cpp.spec b/zxing-cpp.spec
index 8993d00..e08e8d4 100644
--- a/zxing-cpp.spec
+++ b/zxing-cpp.spec
@@ -1,41 +1,38 @@
-Name: zxing-cpp
-Version: 2.0.0
-Release: %autorelease
-Summary: C++ port of the ZXing ("Zebra Crossing") barcode scanning library
+Name:           zxing-cpp
+Version:        2.2.1
+Release:        %autorelease
+Summary:        C++ port of the ZXing ("Zebra Crossing") barcode scanning library
 
 # The entire source is ASL 2.0, except:
 # - wrappers/wasm/base64ArrayBuffer.js is MIT (but is not used)
-License: Apache-2.0 AND MIT
-Url: https://github.com/nu-book/zxing-cpp
-Source0: %{url}/archive/v%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+License:        Apache-2.0 AND MIT
+URL:            https://github.com/zxing-cpp/zxing-cpp
+Source0:        %{url}/archive/v%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 
-BuildRequires: gcc-c++
-BuildRequires: cmake
-BuildRequires: cmake(fmt)
-# Use the system copy of pybind11 rather than trying to download a copy. This
-# patch is unconditional, so it is not, as-is, suitable for sending upstream.
-Patch0: zxing-cpp-1.2.0-system-pybind11.patch
+BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
+BuildRequires:  cmake
+BuildRequires:  cmake(fmt)
 
 %description
 ZXing-C++ ("zebra crossing") is an open-source, multi-format 1D/2D barcode
 image processing library implemented in C++.
 
-%package devel
-Summary: Development files for %{name}
-Requires: %{name}%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
+%package        devel
+Summary:        Development files for %{name}
+Requires:       %{name}%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
 
-%description devel
+%description    devel
 The %{name}-devel package contains libraries and header files for
 developing applications that use %{name}.
 
-%package -n python3-%{name}
+%package -n     python3-%{name}
 Summary:        Python bindings for the %{name} barcode library
 
-BuildRequires: python3-devel
-BuildRequires: pybind11-devel
-BuildRequires: chrpath
+BuildRequires:  python3-devel
+BuildRequires:  pybind11-devel
+BuildRequires:  chrpath
 
-Requires: %{name}%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
+Requires:       %{name}%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
 
 %description -n python3-%{name}
 %{summary}.
@@ -47,6 +44,8 @@ Requires: %{name}%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
 sed -r -i 's@(COMMAND )python@\1%{python3}@' wrappers/python/CMakeLists.txt
 # we don’t need cmake as a python dependency
 sed -r -i '/cmake/d' wrappers/python/pyproject.toml
+
+sed -i 's/pybind11\[global\]/pybind11/' wrappers/python/pyproject.toml
 # build verbosely:
 
 %generate_buildrequires
@@ -62,7 +61,11 @@ popd &>/dev/null
 # CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo prevents the build from stripping the
 # python module after it is built.  The stripping happens in
 # pybind11_add_module.
-%cmake -DBUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF -DBUILD_PYTHON_MODULE=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo
+%cmake \
+    -DZXING_DEPENDENCIES=LOCAL \
+    -DBUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF \
+    -DBUILD_PYTHON_MODULE=ON \
+    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo
 %cmake_build
 pushd wrappers/python
 # CMake respects this environment variable. We need to see the compiler