diff --git a/R-XML.spec b/R-XML.spec
index 438c8877a9fd61dcd07a00cd4effa26c5f65ddfa..00cbcc2a5f94b1dae28071e2022c72c5a7bf7680 100644
--- a/R-XML.spec
+++ b/R-XML.spec
@@ -1,23 +1,24 @@
 %global packname XML
-%global packver  3.99-0.17
+%global packver  3.99
+%global packrel  0.18
 %global rlibdir  %{_libdir}/R/library
 
 Name:             R-%{packname}
-Version:          3.99.0.17
+Version:          %{packver}.%{packrel}
 Release:          1
 Summary:          Tools for Parsing and Generating XML Within R and S-Plus
 
 License:          BSD
 URL:              https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=%{packname}
-Source0:          https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/%{packname}_%{packver}.tar.gz
+Source0:          https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/%{packname}_%{packver}-%{packrel}.tar.gz
 
-BuildRequires:    R-devel
+BuildRequires:    R-devel >= 4.0.0
 BuildRequires:    tex(latex)
-BuildRequires:    R-methods
-BuildRequires:    R-utils
-BuildRequires:    R-bitops
-BuildRequires:    R-RCurl
-BuildRequires:    libxml2-devel
+BuildRequires:    R(methods)
+BuildRequires:    R(utils)
+BuildRequires:    R(bitops)
+BuildRequires:    R(RCurl)
+BuildRequires:    pkgconfig(libxml-2.0) >= 2.6.3
 
 %description
 Many approaches for both reading and creating XML (and HTML) documents
@@ -63,6 +64,9 @@ rm -f %{buildroot}%{rlibdir}/R.css
 
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Apr 20 2025 Funda Wang <fundawang@yeah.net> - 3.99.0.18-1
+- update to 3.99-0.18
+
 * Mon Jul 29 2024 zhangxianting <zhangxianting@uniontech.com> - 3.99.0.17-1
 - Update to 3.99-0.17
 
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