diff --git a/desktop-file-utils-0.26-support-1.5.patch b/desktop-file-utils-0.26-support-1.5.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index a019f5d..0000000
--- a/desktop-file-utils-0.26-support-1.5.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-From 48586dd1a755a80ec8ce0e8151b3ba236d81502f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: David King <amigadave@amigadave.com>
-Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2022 10:54:40 +0000
-Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Add support for SingleMainWindow key from 1.5
-
-Fixes https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xdg/desktop-file-utils/-/issues/59
----
- src/validate.c | 3 +++
- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
-
-diff --git a/src/validate.c b/src/validate.c
-index 62406ab..ebb03b5 100644
---- a/src/validate.c
-+++ b/src/validate.c
-@@ -326,6 +326,9 @@ static DesktopKeyDefinition registered_desktop_keys[] = {
-   /* Since 1.4 */
-   { DESKTOP_BOOLEAN_TYPE,           "PrefersNonDefaultGPU", FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, NULL },
- 
-+  /* Since 1.5 */
-+  { DESKTOP_BOOLEAN_TYPE,           "SingleMainWindow", FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, NULL },
-+
-   /* Keys reserved for KDE */
- 
-   /* since 0.9.4 */
--- 
-2.34.1
-
-
-From e3e21bccfe257aa2a34d64a68582dcc2363c2606 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: David King <amigadave@amigadave.com>
-Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2022 10:56:04 +0000
-Subject: [PATCH 2/2] validate: Support version 1.5
-
-Bump CURRENT_SPEC_VERSION to 1.5.
----
- man/desktop-file-validate.1 | 2 +-
- src/validate.c              | 3 +++
- src/validate.h              | 2 +-
- 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/man/desktop-file-validate.1 b/man/desktop-file-validate.1
-index 8e17411..ce87c47 100644
---- a/man/desktop-file-validate.1
-+++ b/man/desktop-file-validate.1
-@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ desktop-file-validate \- Validate desktop entry files
- .B desktop-file-validate [\-\-no-hints] [\-\-no-warn-deprecated] [\-\-warn-kde] FILE...
- .SH DESCRIPTION
- The \fIdesktop-file-validate\fP program is a tool to validate desktop
--entry files according to the Desktop Entry specification 1.4.
-+entry files according to the Desktop Entry specification 1.5.
- .PP
- The specification describes a file format to provide information such as
- name, icon and description for an application. Such a file can then be
-diff --git a/src/validate.c b/src/validate.c
-index ebb03b5..f9eedee 100644
---- a/src/validate.c
-+++ b/src/validate.c
-@@ -961,6 +961,9 @@ handle_version_key (kf_validator *kf,
-                     const char   *locale_key,
-                     const char   *value)
- {
-+  if (!strcmp (value, "1.5"))
-+    return TRUE;
-+
-   if (!strcmp (value, "1.4"))
-     return TRUE;
- 
-diff --git a/src/validate.h b/src/validate.h
-index e6efd93..a7952cd 100644
---- a/src/validate.h
-+++ b/src/validate.h
-@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
- 
- #include <glib.h>
- 
--#define CURRENT_SPEC_VERSION "1.4"
-+#define CURRENT_SPEC_VERSION "1.5"
- 
- #define GROUP_KDE_DESKTOP_ENTRY "KDE Desktop Entry"
- #define GROUP_DESKTOP_ACTION "Desktop Action "
--- 
-2.34.1
diff --git a/desktop-file-utils-0.26.tar.xz b/desktop-file-utils-0.26.tar.xz
deleted file mode 100644
index 9d046cf..0000000
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diff --git a/desktop-file-utils-0.27.tar.xz b/desktop-file-utils-0.27.tar.xz
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index 0000000..50f478e
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diff --git a/desktop-file-utils.spec b/desktop-file-utils.spec
index 6579059..471db28 100644
--- a/desktop-file-utils.spec
+++ b/desktop-file-utils.spec
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 Name:          desktop-file-utils
-Version:       0.26
-Release:       3
+Version:       0.27
+Release:       1
 Summary:       Desktop-file-utils contains utilities for manipulating desktop entries
 License:       GPLv2+
 URL:           https://www.freedesktop.org/software/desktop-file-utils
 Source0:       https://www.freedesktop.org/software/desktop-file-utils/releases/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
 Source1:       desktop-entry-mode-init.el
-Patch0:        desktop-file-utils-0.26-support-1.5.patch
 
 BuildRequires: glib2-devel emacs meson
 BuildRequires: gcc-c++
@@ -57,6 +56,9 @@ touch $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_emacs_sitestartdir}/desktop-entry-mode-init.elc
 %{_mandir}/man1/*
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Dec 29 2023 Paul Thomas <paulthomas100199@gmail.com> - 0.27-1
+- update to version 0.27
+
 * Thu Sep 08 2022 misaka00251 <misaka00251@misakanet.cn> - 0.26-3
 - Support files conforming to 1.5 of the specification