diff --git a/chromium.spec b/chromium.spec
index d7c8d252..b2af49f1 100644
--- a/chromium.spec
+++ b/chromium.spec
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ Name:		chromium%{chromium_channel}%{nsuffix}
 %else
 Name:		chromium%{chromium_channel}
 %endif
-Version:	%{majorversion}.0.3904.87
+Version:	%{majorversion}.0.3904.97
 Release:	1%{?dist}
 %if %{?freeworld}
 %if %{?shared}
@@ -344,11 +344,19 @@ BuildRequires:	libusb-devel
 BuildRequires:	libXdamage-devel
 BuildRequires:	libXScrnSaver-devel
 BuildRequires:	libXtst-devel
+# Old Fedora (before 30) uses the 1.2 minizip by default.
+# Newer Fedora needs to use the compat package
 %if 0%{?fedora} >= 30
 BuildRequires:	minizip-compat-devel
 %else
+# RHEL 8 needs to use the compat-minizip (provided by minizip1.2)
+%if 0%{?rhel} >= 8
+BuildRequires:	minizip-compat-devel
+%else
+# RHEL 7 and older uses the old minizip
 BuildRequires:	minizip-devel
 %endif
+%endif
 # RHEL 7's nodejs is too old
 %if 0%{?rhel} == 7
 # Use bundled.
@@ -439,6 +447,7 @@ BuildRequires:	pkgconfig(gtk+-3.0)
 BuildRequires:	pkgconfig(gtk+-2.0)
 %endif
 BuildRequires:	/usr/bin/python2
+BuildRequires:	python2-devel
 %if 0%{?bundlepylibs}
 # Using bundled bits, do nothing.
 %else
@@ -456,7 +465,6 @@ BuildRequires:	python-markupsafe
 BuildRequires:	python-ply
 %endif
 BuildRequires:	python2-simplejson
-BuildRequires:	python2-devel
 %endif
 %if 0%{?bundlere2}
 # Using bundled bits, do nothing.
@@ -1718,6 +1726,9 @@ getent group chrome-remote-desktop >/dev/null || groupadd -r chrome-remote-deskt
 
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Nov  7 2019 Tom Callaway <spot@fedoraproject.org> - 78.0.3904.97-1
+- update to 78.0.3904.97
+
 * Fri Nov  1 2019 Tom Callaway <spot@fedoraproject.org> - 78.0.3904.87-1
 - update to 78.0.3904.87
 - apply most of the freeworld changes in PR 23/24/25
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 56870059..3900065b 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ SHA512 (Tinos-Regular.ttf) = 58085c5dac6d067d60ba2ab3220c4a0cc1efcf279cadfcfb874
 SHA512 (Ahem.ttf) = aeb64b10ab9c87860714cb60b4900254b13dc52c51319256a1a3722c882026ab7c616bf628fbc2fe14e38a6003f3a481af60b52a7ed62071d28ddaf428e4e3fd
 SHA512 (node-v8.9.1-linux-x64.tar.gz) = a707fd4567041c56e7f9d415e505e3fa650627f31def7fefdd7ec50f9e7066bb33332b67f479e1159d85e1105a7e6d034aad7429f4f3d034c9161170d7e0b844
 SHA512 (chromium-78.0.3904.87-clean.tar.xz) = ebd2a1440c36e9272b52b11ddfa596ce3d7b7a3a914970ebd4ce98d5bb862625ab61c392a9ea277ae8f791185d98d84ff5797db77bb80fa305b847e549035893
+SHA512 (chromium-78.0.3904.97-clean.tar.xz) = 5872fec9533726e031d41086b008f616a936818ee341ac6818081450b123874cc4dbd20e29afbd4b45acb79a6fb4d2b240b394804d23539c26eedca76d8d2124