diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 11c81a7..5f18f34 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@
 /python-gssapi-1.6.5.tar.gz
 /python-gssapi-1.6.9.tar.gz
 /python-gssapi-1.6.14.tar.gz
+/python-gssapi-1.7.2.tar.gz
diff --git a/python-gssapi.spec b/python-gssapi.spec
index 91f6ca6..a41e523 100644
--- a/python-gssapi.spec
+++ b/python-gssapi.spec
@@ -1,22 +1,24 @@
 # NOTE: tests are disabled since should_be has not yet been packaged.
+# NOTE2: we need to disable package notes as they try to use a linker script
+# that does not exists
+%undefine _package_note_file
 
 Name:           python-gssapi
-Version:        1.6.14
-Release:        3%{?dist}
+Version:        1.7.2
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Python Bindings for GSSAPI (RFC 2743/2744 and extensions)
 
 License:        ISC
 URL:            https://github.com/pythongssapi/python-gssapi
 Source0:        https://github.com/pythongssapi/%{name}/releases/download/v%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 
-# Patches
-
-BuildRequires:  krb5-devel >= 1.10
-BuildRequires:  krb5-libs >= 1.10
+BuildRequires:  krb5-devel >= 1.19
 BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires:  python3-devel
 BuildRequires:  python3-setuptools
 BuildRequires:  python3-Cython
+BuildRequires:  python3-pip
+BuildRequires:  python3-wheel
 
 # For autosetup
 BuildRequires: git
@@ -31,8 +33,7 @@ RFC 2743, as well as multiple extensions.
 
 %package -n python3-gssapi
 Summary:        Python 3 Bindings for GSSAPI (RFC 2743/2744 and extensions)
-
-Requires:       krb5-libs >= 1.10
+Requires:       krb5-libs >= 1.19
 Requires:       python3-six
 Requires:       python3-decorator
 
@@ -44,22 +45,21 @@ Requires:       python3-decorator
 %autosetup -S git -n %{name}-%{version}
 
 %build
-%py3_build
+%pyproject_wheel
 
 %install
-%py3_install
+%pyproject_install
 
-# fix permissions on shared objects (mock seems to set them
-# to 0775, whereas a normal build gives 0755)
-find %{buildroot}%{python3_sitearch}/gssapi -name '*.so' \
-    -exec chmod 0755 {} \;
+%pyproject_save_files gssapi
 
-%files -n python3-gssapi
+%files -n python3-gssapi -f %{pyproject_files}
 %doc README.txt
 %license LICENSE.txt
-%{python3_sitearch}/*
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Feb  2 2022 Simo Sorce <simo@redhat.com> - 1.7.2-1
+- Update to latest release and modernize spec file
+
 * Fri Jan 21 2022 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.6.14-3
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_36_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 3294a6f..beeec6e 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (python-gssapi-1.6.14.tar.gz) = f35bcbfe8b1c5f2bd8772d5f5c1a57da06ccf69f9dbce8a71227c0cdae42a0e30de8ed0088a45ad778b9bbb0ad654fbf75e2dfb0b28b7d111930f0b72f728a1b
+SHA512 (python-gssapi-1.7.2.tar.gz) = d4d1a08a1d3850f0a3cc858f1f9037a561c320a3f9b9e4951b0c47f2107bd319f9f0eff95852ff146033153a00bac127452d581b88650a815b4b76496c61dd22