diff --git a/quickcheck_macros-fix-metadata.diff b/quickcheck_macros-fix-metadata.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5e0bfcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/quickcheck_macros-fix-metadata.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- quickcheck_macros-1.0.0/Cargo.toml	1970-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
++++ quickcheck_macros-1.0.0/Cargo.toml	2024-09-14T12:44:40.272698+00:00
+@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
+ description = "A macro attribute for quickcheck."
+ homepage = "https://github.com/BurntSushi/quickcheck"
+ documentation = "https://docs.rs/quickcheck"
+-readme = "../README.md"
+ keywords = ["testing", "quickcheck", "property", "shrinking", "fuzz"]
+ license = "Unlicense/MIT"
+ repository = "https://github.com/BurntSushi/quickcheck"
diff --git a/rust-quickcheck_macros.spec b/rust-quickcheck_macros.spec
index 32d51b6..19bd084 100644
--- a/rust-quickcheck_macros.spec
+++ b/rust-quickcheck_macros.spec
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Generated by rust2rpm 24
+# Generated by rust2rpm 26
 %bcond_without check
 %global debug_package %{nil}
 
@@ -13,8 +13,11 @@ Summary:        Macro attribute for quickcheck
 License:        Unlicense OR MIT
 URL:            https://crates.io/crates/quickcheck_macros
 Source:         %{crates_source}
+# Manually created patch for downstream crate metadata changes
+# * remove reference to readme file that is not included in published crates
+Patch:          quickcheck_macros-fix-metadata.diff
 
-BuildRequires:  rust-packaging >= 21
+BuildRequires:  cargo-rpm-macros >= 24
 
 %global _description %{expand:
 A macro attribute for quickcheck.}
@@ -49,7 +52,7 @@ use the "default" feature of the "%{crate}" crate.
 %ghost %{crate_instdir}/Cargo.toml
 
 %prep
-%autosetup -n %{crate}-%{version_no_tilde} -p1
+%autosetup -n %{crate}-%{version} -p1
 %cargo_prep
 
 %generate_buildrequires
diff --git a/rust2rpm.toml b/rust2rpm.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0034818
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust2rpm.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[package]
+cargo-toml-patch-comments = [
+    "remove reference to readme file that is not included in published crates",
+]
+