diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 42ebd7c..2b7fda1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 /biblatex-biber.tar.gz
 /bibtex-forms.bib
 /bibtex-forms.bcf
+/v2.6.tar.gz
diff --git a/biber-drop-builddeps-for-monolithic-build.patch b/biber-drop-builddeps-for-monolithic-build.patch
index 50f8879..8fef935 100644
--- a/biber-drop-builddeps-for-monolithic-build.patch
+++ b/biber-drop-builddeps-for-monolithic-build.patch
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ diff --git a/Build.PL b/Build.PL
 index d84786d..e97cea5 100644
 --- a/Build.PL
 +++ b/Build.PL
-@@ -38,10 +38,7 @@ my $builder = $class->new(
+@@ -36,10 +36,7 @@ my $builder = $class->new(
                          },
      add_to_cleanup      => [ 'biber-*' ],
      configure_requires => { 'Module::Build' => 0.38 },
@@ -23,8 +23,5 @@ index d84786d..e97cea5 100644
 -    },
 +    build_requires => { },
      requires => {
-         'autovivification' => 0,
-         'Data::Dump' => 0,
--- 
-2.5.0
-
+                  'autovivification' => 0,
+                  'Class::Accessor' => 0,
diff --git a/biber.spec b/biber.spec
index 4db3860..3941d1f 100644
--- a/biber.spec
+++ b/biber.spec
@@ -1,30 +1,20 @@
 Name:           biber
-Version:        2.1
-Release:        5%{?dist}
+Version:        2.6
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Command-line bibliographic manager, BibTeX replacement
 License:        (GPL+ or Artistic 2.0) and Artistic 2.0
 Group:          Development/Tools
 URL:            http://biblatex-biber.sourceforge.net/
-Source0:        https://sourceforge.net/projects/biblatex-biber/files/biblatex-biber/%{version}/biblatex-biber.tar.gz
-# Missing from tarball: http://github.com/plk/biber/issues/100
-Source1:        https://github.com/plk/biber/blob/v%{version}/t/tdata/bibtex-forms.bib
-Source2:        https://github.com/plk/biber/blob/v%{version}/t/tdata/bibtex-forms.bcf
+Source0:        https://github.com/plk/biber/archive/v%{version}.tar.gz
 # not appropriate for upstream: http://github.com/plk/biber/pull/97
 Patch0:         biber-drop-builddeps-for-monolithic-build.patch
-# cherry-pick from upstream: otherwise need perl-Unicode-Normalize <= 1.17
-Patch1:         biber-bump-perl-u-n-dep-with-xsub.patch
-# cherry-pick from upstream for brace warning and tests
-Patch2:         biber-updates-for-perl-5.22-changes.patch
-Patch3:         biber-test-fixes-for-Fedora.patch
-Patch4:         biber-more-sort-test-fixes.patch
-# safe to drop this failing test:  http://github.com/plk/biber/issues/72
-Patch5:         biber-drop-minor-failing-test.patch
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
 BuildRequires:  perl
 BuildRequires:  perl-generators
 BuildRequires:  perl(autovivification)
 BuildRequires:  perl(base)
+BuildRequires:  perl(Business::ISMN)
 BuildRequires:  perl(Business::ISSN)
 BuildRequires:  perl(constant)
 BuildRequires:  perl(Capture::Tiny)
@@ -33,9 +23,14 @@ BuildRequires:  perl(Cwd)
 BuildRequires:  perl(Data::Dump)
 BuildRequires:  perl(Data::Compare)
 BuildRequires:  perl(Date::Simple)
+BuildRequires:  perl(Data::Uniqid)
+BuildRequires:  perl(DateTime::Calendar::Julian)
 BuildRequires:  perl(Digest::MD5)
 BuildRequires:  perl(Encode)
 BuildRequires:  perl(Encode::Alias)
+BuildRequires:  perl(Encode::EUCJPASCII)
+BuildRequires:  perl(Encode::HanExtra)
+BuildRequires:  perl(Encode::JIS2K)
 BuildRequires:  perl(Exporter)
 BuildRequires:  perl(File::Compare)
 BuildRequires:  perl(File::Copy)
@@ -47,6 +42,7 @@ BuildRequires:  perl(File::Which)
 BuildRequires:  perl(IO::File)
 BuildRequires:  perl(IPC::Cmd)
 BuildRequires:  perl(IPC::Run3)
+BuildRequires:  perl(Lingua::Translit)
 BuildRequires:  perl(List::AllUtils)
 BuildRequires:  perl(List::Util)
 BuildRequires:  perl(locale)
@@ -55,6 +51,7 @@ BuildRequires:  perl(Log::Log4perl::Appender::File)
 BuildRequires:  perl(Log::Log4perl::Appender::Screen)
 BuildRequires:  perl(Log::Log4perl::Layout::PatternLayout)
 BuildRequires:  perl(Log::Log4perl::Layout::SimpleLayout)
+BuildRequires:  perl(LWP::Protocol::https)
 BuildRequires:  perl(Module::Build) >= 0.38
 BuildRequires:  perl(open)
 BuildRequires:  perl(POSIX)
@@ -62,7 +59,10 @@ BuildRequires:  perl(re)
 BuildRequires:  perl(Regexp::Common)
 BuildRequires:  perl(Storable)
 BuildRequires:  perl(sigtrap)
+BuildRequires:  perl(Sort::Key)
 BuildRequires:  perl(strict)
+BuildRequires:  perl(Text::CSV)
+BuildRequires:  perl(Text::CSV_XS)
 BuildRequires:  perl(Test::Differences)
 BuildRequires:  perl(Test::More)
 BuildRequires:  perl(Test::Pod)
@@ -117,15 +117,8 @@ functionality.  It is often used with the popular BibLaTeX package
 
 
 %prep
-%setup -q -n biblatex-biber-%{version}
-cp -p %{SOURCE1} t/tdata/bibtex-forms.bib
-cp -p %{SOURCE2} t/tdata/bibtex-forms.bcf
+%setup -q -n biber-%{version}
 %patch0 -p1
-%patch1 -p1 -F3
-%patch2 -p1
-%patch3 -p1
-%patch4 -p1
-%patch5 -p1
 
 
 %build
@@ -144,7 +137,7 @@ chmod u+w %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/*
 
 
 %files
-%doc README Changes THANKS doc/%{name}.pdf TODO.org
+%doc README.md Changes THANKS TODO.org
 %{_bindir}/%{name}
 %{_mandir}/man3/*
 %{_mandir}/man1/*
@@ -152,6 +145,9 @@ chmod u+w %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/*
 
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Oct 12 2016 Tom Callaway <spot@fedoraproject.org> - 2.6-1
+- update to 2.6
+
 * Tue May 17 2016 Jitka Plesnikova <jplesnik@redhat.com> - 2.1-5
 - Perl 5.24 rebuild
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 291581d..32a60c8 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
-c46979acce3befdb3431ffadcc81bdf3  biblatex-biber.tar.gz
-e98ff495b0f87625e585947bd8651bc8  bibtex-forms.bib
-1a0d31f50d4b3214a74e902f20d78535  bibtex-forms.bcf
+0bb4b95df612b477c5f63250f33355da  v2.6.tar.gz