diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 67527a9..ac026e2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 GeoIP-Python-1.2.4.tar.gz
+/GeoIP-Python-1.2.7.tar.gz
diff --git a/python-GeoIP.spec b/python-GeoIP.spec
index 84565e4..28f3dd9 100644
--- a/python-GeoIP.spec
+++ b/python-GeoIP.spec
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 %{!?python_sitearch: %define python_sitearch %(%{__python} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib(1)")}
-%define tarballversion 1.2.4
+%define tarballversion 1.2.7
 Name:           python-GeoIP
-Version:        1.2.5
-Release:        0.7.20090931cvs%{?dist}
+Version:        1.2.7
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Python bindings for the GeoIP geographical lookup libraries
 
 Group:          Development/Languages
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ Source0:        http://www.maxmind.com/download/geoip/api/python/GeoIP-Python-%{
 Patch0:         python-GeoIP-1.2.4-ipv6.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
-# GeoIP 1.4.7 needed for IPv6 lookup functions
-BuildRequires:  python-devel, GeoIP-devel >= 1.4.7
+# GeoIP 1.4.8 required by v1.2.7 of this package per README
+BuildRequires:  python-devel, GeoIP-devel >= 1.4.8
 
 %description
 This package contains the Python bindings for the GeoIP API, allowing IP to
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ location lookups to country, city and organization level within Python code.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n GeoIP-Python-%{tarballversion}
-%patch0 -p1
 
 %build
 CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS" %{__python} setup.py build
@@ -45,6 +44,9 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Mar  7 2013 Matt Domsch <mdomsch@fedoraproject.org> - 1.2.7-1
+- update to August 2011 release, drop our IPv6 patch
+
 * Thu Feb 14 2013 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.2.5-0.7.20090931cvs
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_19_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index d06d0ea..f76cd9b 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 50f820d854476efaf3b7af733ffe4236  GeoIP-Python-1.2.4.tar.gz
+df71f5ae7a5c77bbdf726d512b7d67cf  GeoIP-Python-1.2.7.tar.gz