diff --git a/gfal2-util.spec b/gfal2-util.spec
index 8b04602..0d5e168 100644
--- a/gfal2-util.spec
+++ b/gfal2-util.spec
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
-%{!?python_sitelib: %global python_sitelib %(%{__python} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib()")}
-%{!?python_sitearch: %global python_sitearch %(%{__python} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib(1)")}
-%{!?python_version:  %global python_version  %(%{__python} -c "from sys import version_info; print('%d.%d'% (version_info[0],version_info[1]))")}
+%{!?python2_sitelib: %global python2_sitelib %(%{__python2} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib()")}
+%{!?python2_sitearch: %global python2_sitearch %(%{__python2} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib(1)")}
+%{!?python2_version:  %global python2_version  %(%{__python2} -c "from sys import version_info; print('%d.%d'% (version_info[0],version_info[1]))")}
 
 Name:           gfal2-util
-Version:        1.5.1
+Version:        1.5.3
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        GFAL2 utility tools
-Group:          Applications/Internet
 License:        GPLv3
 URL:            http://dmc.web.cern.ch/
 # git clone https://gitlab.cern.ch/dmc/gfal2-util.git gfal2-util-1.5.1 --depth=1
@@ -15,16 +14,15 @@ URL:            http://dmc.web.cern.ch/
 # popd
 # tar czf gfal2-util-1.5.1.tar.gz --exclude-vcs gfal2-util-1.5.1
 Source0:        %{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
-BuildRoot:      %(mktemp -ud %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-XXXXXX)
 
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
 BuildRequires:  gfal2-core
-BuildRequires:  gfal2-python >= 1.9.0
+BuildRequires:  python2-gfal2 >= 1.9.0
 BuildRequires:  gfal2-plugin-file
-BuildRequires:  python2
+BuildRequires:  python2-devel
 
-Requires:       gfal2-python >= 1.9.0
+Requires:       python2-gfal2 >= 1.9.0
 Requires:       python2
 
 %if %{?fedora}%{!?fedora:0} < 26
@@ -40,7 +38,7 @@ gridFTP, http(s), SRM, xrootd, etc...
 
 %clean
 rm -rf %{buildroot}
-python setup.py clean
+%{__python2} setup.py clean
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
@@ -55,24 +53,42 @@ if [ "$gfal2_util_ver" != "$gfal2_util_spec_ver" ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-python setup.py build
+%{__python2} setup.py build
 
 %install
 rm -rf %{buildroot}
-python setup.py install --root=%{buildroot}
+%{__python2} setup.py install --root=%{buildroot}
 
 %check
-python test/functional/test_all.py
+%{__python2} test/functional/test_all.py
 
 %files
-%defattr (-,root,root)
-%{python_sitelib}/gfal2_util*
+%{python2_sitelib}/gfal2_util*
 %{_bindir}/gfal-*
 %{_mandir}/man1/*
 %doc RELEASE-NOTES VERSION LICENSE
 
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Jul 11 2019 Andrea Manzi <amanzi@cern.ch> - 1.5.3-1
+- New upstream release
+
+* Sun Feb 17 2019 Andrea Manzi <amanzi@cern.ch> - 1.5.2-1
+- New upstream release
+
+* Thu Jan 31 2019 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.5.1-6
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_30_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Fri Jul 13 2018 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.5.1-5
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_29_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Tue Feb 20 2018 Iryna Shcherbina <ishcherb@redhat.com> - 1.5.1-3
+- Update Python 2 dependency declarations to new packaging standards
+  (See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FinalizingFedoraSwitchtoPython3)
+
+* Wed Feb 07 2018 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.5.1-2
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_28_Mass_Rebuild
+
 * Wed Jul 26 2017 Alejandro Alvarez <aalvarez at cern.ch> - 1.5.1-1
 - New upstream release
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index afed5f1..81b7965 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (gfal2-util-1.5.1.tar.gz) = 4b0c47d0e5f7b82016d429f0c5f2b2efd0d36411a7a5b54250f79397c0ad874a41b625b761f004914bddbe646598795af79c50d9407c809280eb4349b67041f5
+SHA512 (gfal2-util-1.5.3.tar.gz) = ac0f3ed4c3400818d2cb511d7ba498feb2e972c0af9f37a6878caf8dd972cfb5a259a6970e046d73662be4812fe5ccec27e0a5ab3718c2c7e1b2e971f4faef29