diff --git a/MCE-Shared-1.841-Sereal-deps.patch b/MCE-Shared-1.841-Sereal-deps.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 0e3b873..0000000
--- a/MCE-Shared-1.841-Sereal-deps.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-Upstream's syntax is mis-parsed by the rpm dependency generator as a hard requirement.
-
---- lib/MCE/Shared/Server.pm
-+++ lib/MCE/Shared/Server.pm
-@@ -40,10 +40,7 @@ BEGIN {
-    $_spawn_child = $_has_threads  ? 0 : 1;
- 
-    if (!defined $INC{'PDL.pm'}) {
--      eval '
--         use Sereal::Encoder 3.015 qw( encode_sereal );
--         use Sereal::Decoder 3.015 qw( decode_sereal );
--      ';
-+      eval 'use Sereal::Encoder 3.015 qw( encode_sereal ); use Sereal::Decoder 3.015 qw( decode_sereal );';
-       if ( !$@ ) {
-          my $_encoder_ver = int( Sereal::Encoder->VERSION() );
-          my $_decoder_ver = int( Sereal::Decoder->VERSION() );
diff --git a/perl-MCE-Shared.spec b/perl-MCE-Shared.spec
index 1d4b5d8..a9ef2cc 100644
--- a/perl-MCE-Shared.spec
+++ b/perl-MCE-Shared.spec
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 Name:		perl-MCE-Shared
-Version:	1.846
+Version:	1.847
 Release:	1%{?dist}
 Summary:	MCE extension for sharing data, supporting threads and processes
 License:	GPL+ or Artistic
 URL:		https://metacpan.org/release/MCE-Shared
 Source0:	https://cpan.metacpan.org/authors/id/M/MA/MARIOROY/MCE-Shared-%{version}.tar.gz
-Patch0:		MCE-Shared-1.841-Sereal-deps.patch
 BuildArch:	noarch
 # Module Build
 BuildRequires:	coreutils
@@ -21,7 +20,7 @@ BuildRequires:	perl(Carp)
 BuildRequires:	perl(constant)
 BuildRequires:	perl(Errno)
 BuildRequires:	perl(if)
-BuildRequires:	perl(MCE) >= 1.846
+BuildRequires:	perl(MCE) >= 1.847
 BuildRequires:	perl(MCE::Mutex)
 BuildRequires:	perl(MCE::Signal)
 BuildRequires:	perl(MCE::Util)
@@ -44,7 +43,7 @@ BuildRequires:	perl(Test::More) >= 0.88
 # Runtime
 Requires:	perl(:MODULE_COMPAT_%(eval "$(perl -V:version)"; echo $version))
 Requires:	perl(IO::FDPass) >= 1.2
-Requires:	perl(MCE) >= 1.846
+Requires:	perl(MCE) >= 1.847
 Requires:	perl(overloading)
 Requires:	perl(POSIX)
 Requires:	perl(Storable) >= 2.04
@@ -61,9 +60,6 @@ asynchronously.
 %prep
 %setup -q -n MCE-Shared-%{version}
 
-# Avoid hard dependencies on Sereal
-%patch0
-
 %build
 perl Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
@@ -96,6 +92,15 @@ make test
 %{_mandir}/man3/MCE::Shared::Server.3*
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Sep  3 2019 Paul Howarth <paul@city-fan.org> - 1.847-1
+- Update to 1.847
+  - Obsolete RedHat MCE-Shared-1.841-Sereal-deps.patch file; this patch file is
+    no longer needed and finally resolved with this release
+  - Updated PDL examples in the documentation including Cookbook on GitHub:
+    - Resolved segmentation fault in global cleanup for shared PDL objects
+    - Added missing pdl_random class method to MCE::Shared
+  - Bumped MCE dependency to 1.847
+
 * Tue Aug 27 2019 Paul Howarth <paul@city-fan.org> - 1.846-1
 - Update to 1.846
   - Fixed code tags in documentation
@@ -200,7 +205,7 @@ make test
 - Update to 1.835
   - Added max_workers method to MCE::Hobo
   - Improved Queue await and dequeue performance on the Windows platform
-  - Added chameneos-redux parallel demonstrations on Github:
+  - Added chameneos-redux parallel demonstrations on GitHub:
     https://github.com/marioroy/mce-examples/tree/master/chameneos
   - Bumped MCE dependency to 1.834
 
@@ -261,7 +266,7 @@ make test
   - Added iterator method to MCE::Cache
   - Improved auto-dereferencing for shared arrays, hashes, and scalars
   - Improved open method for non-shared file-handles in MCE::Shared::Handle.
-  - Improved shared-PDL support; updated MCE::Cookbook on Github
+  - Improved shared-PDL support; updated MCE::Cookbook on GitHub
   - Improved signal handling, including nested parallel-sessions
   - Improved running MCE::Hobo and MCE::Shared with PDL
   - Improved taint mode via perl -T
@@ -334,7 +339,7 @@ make test
 - Update to 1.817
   - Fixed broken SIG{'PIPE'} handling: e.g. script.pl | head
   - Improved reliability when running MCE::Shared with threads
-  - Added parallel Net::Pcap and Ping demonstrations on Github:
+  - Added parallel Net::Pcap and Ping demonstrations on GitHub:
     https://github.com/marioroy/mce-examples/tree/master/network
   - Default to ':raw' for BINMODE in MCE::Shared::Handle
   - Optimized 'dequeue' method in MCE::Shared::Queue
@@ -399,7 +404,7 @@ make test
   - Added cross-platform template to MCE::Hobo for making an executable
   - Added hobo_timeout option to MCE::Hobo for timeout capability
     Also, imply posix_exit => 1 when Gearman::XS is present
-  - Added MCE::Hobo + Gearman demonstrations (xs and non-xs) on Github:
+  - Added MCE::Hobo + Gearman demonstrations (xs and non-xs) on GitHub:
     https://github.com/marioroy/mce-examples/tree/master/gearman_xs
     https://github.com/marioroy/mce-examples/tree/master/gearman
   - Changed kilobytes and megabytes to kibiBytes (KiB) and mebiBytes (MiB)
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index ae3706e..47800db 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (MCE-Shared-1.846.tar.gz) = 666e99b4b2baf85880593e5fc4fc2f76f6682e80bb079e03a4792f7aabb731814c7ea100f0c9d040307acb86f3e50d98268a775cb89db051aa8d053c89cd4a3d
+SHA512 (MCE-Shared-1.847.tar.gz) = 70a67b51ddcee2412fe84a0c0813b75d1c9a2ba5430f157387f2321e41d44e9c90968d161a52ab5b605ee1e1782849e10c2599bfdb5edce0710d93fa61652f91