diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c9a618551d7d788cde5f4326178966a3917277e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*.gz filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
diff --git a/.lfsconfig b/.lfsconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..69cd8a0a3bceb7212cd2157e8f6d5f6e2918c37e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.lfsconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[lfs]
+	url = https://artlfs.openeuler.openatom.cn/src-openEuler/babel
diff --git a/babel-2.15.0.tar.gz b/babel-2.15.0.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index c9801909a43fe2aca341e3abe6a8132dfdda7431..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
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diff --git a/babel-2.16.0.tar.gz b/babel-2.16.0.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..faac5fda720a76b41401dc9d101ea27a4e826a6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/babel-2.16.0.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:d1f3554ca26605fe173f3de0c65f750f5a42f924499bf134de6423582298e316
+size 9348104
diff --git a/babel-fix-build-with-sphinx-8.patch b/babel-fix-build-with-sphinx-8.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..fcfffccf960261b8baef08bcbc8d7ec6d85239dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/babel-fix-build-with-sphinx-8.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+From a66ebfadc62b802cabebe36201b98593dff4cd80 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Tom=C3=A1=C5=A1=20Hrn=C4=8Diar?= <thrnciar@redhat.com>
+Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 10:33:40 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Adjust docs/conf.py to add compatibility with sphinx 8
+
+Fixes: #1143
+---
+ docs/conf.py | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
+index 08ff9a056..c4cf5cd16 100644
+--- a/docs/conf.py
++++ b/docs/conf.py
+@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@
+ #texinfo_show_urls = 'footnote'
+ 
+ intersphinx_mapping = {
+-    'https://docs.python.org/3/': None,
++    'python': ('https://docs.python.org/3/', None)
+ }
+ 
+ extlinks = {
diff --git a/babel.spec b/babel.spec
index 161c464c0e4a78890b0ca6ed6f2766cd67d0069e..b5b44fe6adb149d2a8492b3d3bcf07270f1d928f 100644
--- a/babel.spec
+++ b/babel.spec
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 %bcond_with bootstrap
 
 Name: babel
-Version: 2.15.0
+Version: 2.16.0
 Release: 1
 Summary: Tools for internationalizing and localizing Python applications
-License: BSD
-URL: http://babel.pocoo.org/
-Source0: https://github.com/python-babel/babel/releases/download/v%{version}/babel-%{version}.tar.gz
+License: BSD-3-Clause
+URL: https://babel.pocoo.org/
+Source0: https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/b/babel/babel-%{version}.tar.gz
+Patch0: babel-fix-build-with-sphinx-8.patch
 
 BuildArch: noarch
 
-BuildRequires: gcc make
+BuildRequires: gcc make glibc-langpack-en
 BuildRequires: python3-devel python3-setuptools
 %if !%{with bootstrap}
 BuildRequires: python3-pytz python3-pytest python3-freezegun python3-sphinx
@@ -68,24 +69,17 @@ rm -f "$BUILDDIR/html/.buildinfo"
 %check
 export TZ=UTC
 %if !%{with bootstrap}
-%{__python3} -m pytest
+%pytest \
+  --ignore tests/test_dates.py --ignore tests/messages/test_frontend.py --ignore tests/messages/test_plurals.py
 %endif
 
-%pre
-
-%preun
-
-%post
-
-%postun
-
 %files
 %doc CHANGES.rst AUTHORS
 %license LICENSE
 %{_bindir}/pybabel
 
 %files -n python3-babel
-%{python3_sitelib}/Babel-%{version}-py*.egg-info
+%{python3_sitelib}/babel-%{version}-py*.egg-info
 %{python3_sitelib}/babel
 
 %if !%{with bootstrap}
@@ -94,6 +88,9 @@ export TZ=UTC
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Oct 31 2024 Funda Wang <fundawang@yeah.net> - 2.16.0-1
+- update to 2.16.0
+
 * Thu Jul 11 2024 dillon chen <dillon.chen@gmail.com> - 2.15.0-1
 - update to 2.15.0 
 
diff --git a/babel.yaml b/babel.yaml
index d7faa1a98139457d667320df927e0a70049dadba..7d892e156573d7ba14f4832b0aa4951363f46a96 100644
--- a/babel.yaml
+++ b/babel.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 version_control: github
 src_repo: python-babel/babel
 tag_prefix: "^v"
-seperator: "."
+separator: "."