diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9bbc0f5..9f57bee 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@
 /pandoc-1.17.0.3.tar.gz
 /pandoc-1.19.1.tar.gz
 /doctemplates-0.1.0.2.tar.gz
+/pandoc-1.19.2.4.tar.gz
diff --git a/pandoc.spec b/pandoc.spec
index cf52328..5be5eed 100644
--- a/pandoc.spec
+++ b/pandoc.spec
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 %bcond_with tests
 
 Name:           %{pkg_name}
-Version:        1.19.1
-Release:        5%{?dist}
+Version:        1.19.2.4
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Conversion between markup formats
 
 License:        GPLv2+
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ BuildRequires:  ghc-extensible-exceptions-devel
 BuildRequires:  ghc-filemanip-devel
 BuildRequires:  ghc-filepath-devel
 BuildRequires:  ghc-haddock-library-devel
-BuildRequires:  ghc-highlighting-kate-devel
 BuildRequires:  ghc-hslua-devel
 BuildRequires:  ghc-http-client-devel
 BuildRequires:  ghc-http-client-tls-devel
@@ -53,6 +52,7 @@ BuildRequires:  ghc-parsec-devel
 BuildRequires:  ghc-process-devel
 BuildRequires:  ghc-random-devel
 BuildRequires:  ghc-scientific-devel
+BuildRequires:  ghc-skylighting-devel
 BuildRequires:  ghc-syb-devel
 BuildRequires:  ghc-tagsoup-devel
 BuildRequires:  ghc-temporary-devel
@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@ or texlive-collection-luatex respectively.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
-cabal-tweak-dep-ver directory '< 1.3' '< 1.4'
 
 
 %build
@@ -187,6 +186,10 @@ install -m 0644 -p -D man/pandoc.1 %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man1/pandoc.1
 
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Nov 16 2017 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 1.19.2.4-1
+- update to 1.19.2.4
+- uses skylighting instead of highlighting-kate
+
 * Sun Oct 22 2017 Jens Petersen <petersen@fedoraproject.org> - 1.19.1-5
 - doc-templates is now packaged in Fedora
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 2640669..8821aad 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (pandoc-1.19.1.tar.gz) = b113f632350ee745f3646b9788299a06818bb7ae5ab36f66e63bd6331f684886ece923c2632bd2726a48e66217dddf17b1fdd4182fd502f498b744620117c4af
+SHA512 (pandoc-1.19.2.4.tar.gz) = 34c5f7827ea441bdc0762f82b93dbff80567789ef3e16e6e33e4d3a54f4d50bfd624338142dbc28360fa9fd84a64c5079acb57e56a73673b2aec8459564773a2