diff --git a/base/feathernotes/feathernotes.spec b/base/feathernotes/feathernotes.spec
index 98fcf76..beb4186 100644
--- a/base/feathernotes/feathernotes.spec
+++ b/base/feathernotes/feathernotes.spec
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ BuildRequires:  desktop-file-utils
 %if %{with clang}
 BuildRequires:  clang >= 5.0
 %else
-BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
+BuildRequires:  gcc-toolset-14-gcc-c++
 %endif
 BuildRequires:  cmake >= 3.0
 %if %{with qt6}
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ Lightweight Qt hierarchical notes-manager for Linux
 %if %{with clang}
 export CC=clang
 export CXX=clang++
+%else
+%enable_devtoolset14
 %endif
 
 %cmake \
diff --git a/base/featherpad/featherpad.spec b/base/featherpad/featherpad.spec
index 9dea72e..97c2f3f 100644
--- a/base/featherpad/featherpad.spec
+++ b/base/featherpad/featherpad.spec
@@ -1,16 +1,9 @@
 %global github_name FeatherPad
 %bcond_with clang
-%bcond_without qt6
-
-%if %{with qt6}
-%global _qt Qt6
-%else
-%global _qt Qt5
-%endif
 
 
 Name:           featherpad
-Version:        1.5.2
+Version:        1.6.0
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Lightweight %{_qt} Plain-Text Editor
 
@@ -23,18 +16,10 @@ BuildRequires:  desktop-file-utils
 %if %{with clang}
 BuildRequires:  clang >= 5.0
 %else
-BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
+BuildRequires:  gcc-toolset-14-gcc-c++
 %endif
-%if %{with qt6}
 BuildRequires:  qt6-qtbase-devel
 BuildRequires:  qt6-qtsvg-devel
-%else
-BuildRequires:  qt5-qtbase-devel
-BuildRequires:  qt5-qtsvg-devel
-BuildRequires:  qt5-qttools-devel
-BuildRequires:  qt5-qtx11extras-devel
-BuildRequires:  qt5-linguist
-%endif
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(x11-xcb)
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(hunspell) >= 1.6
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(xext)
@@ -67,12 +52,11 @@ of any desktop environment and has:
 %if %{with clang}
 export CC=clang
 export CXX=clang++
+%else
+%enable_devtoolset14
 %endif
 
 %cmake \
-%if %{with qt6}
-    -DENABLE_QT5=OFF \
-%endif
     -DWITHOUT_X11=OFF
 
 %cmake_build
@@ -92,11 +76,15 @@ desktop-file-validate %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/applications/%{name}.desktop
 %{_datadir}/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/%{name}.svg
 %dir %{_datadir}/%{name}
 %{_datadir}/%{name}/help
-%{_datadir}/%{name}/help_*
+#{_datadir}/%{name}/help_*
 %dir %{_datadir}/%{name}/translations
 %{_datadir}/metainfo/featherpad.metainfo.xml
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Jan 30 2025 Raven <raven@sysadmins.ws> - 1.6.0-1
+- update to 1.6.0
+- drop Qt5 support
+
 * Mon Nov 11 2024 Raven <raven@sysadmins.ws> - 1.5.2-1
 - update to 1.5.2