diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 310e68a..06cc2e4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,4 +2,3 @@
 
 lxqt-panel represents the taskbar of LXQt.
 
-
diff --git a/lxqt-panel-2.0.0-upstream-fix-plugin-loader.patch b/lxqt-panel-2.0.0-upstream-fix-plugin-loader.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c9bc4a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lxqt-panel-2.0.0-upstream-fix-plugin-loader.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+From 9536426d4e12b107a706611ead246a9e0ea1d628 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Bernhard=20Rosenkr=C3=A4nzer?= <bero@lindev.ch>
+Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2024 22:25:18 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Fix plugin loader (#2052)
+
+The lxqt-plugin binary needs to export symbols that should be visible to
+plugins being loaded with QPluginLoader or dlopen.
+---
+ panel/CMakeLists.txt | 2 ++
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/panel/CMakeLists.txt b/panel/CMakeLists.txt
+index 556d2212f..d9fe784bf 100644
+--- a/panel/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/panel/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ lxqt_translate_ts(QM_FILES SOURCES
+ 
+ lxqt_app_translation_loader(SOURCES ${PROJECT_NAME})
+ 
++set(CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_ENABLE_EXPORTS TRUE)
++
+ add_executable(${PROJECT}
+     ${PUB_HEADERS}
+     ${PRIV_HEADERS}
diff --git a/lxqt-panel.spec b/lxqt-panel.spec
index ee61487..e0954c9 100644
--- a/lxqt-panel.spec
+++ b/lxqt-panel.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:          lxqt-panel
-Version:       1.4.0
-Release:       1mamba
+Version:       2.0.0
+Release:       2mamba
 Summary:       The taskbar of the LXQt desktop environment
 Group:         Graphical Desktop/Applications/Environment
 Vendor:        openmamba
@@ -8,24 +8,25 @@ Distribution:  openmamba
 Packager:      Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it>
 URL:           https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt-panel
 Source:        https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt-panel.git/%{version}/lxqt-panel-%{version}.tar.bz2
+Patch0:        lxqt-panel-2.0.0-upstream-fix-plugin-loader.patch
 License:       LGPL
 ## AUTOBUILDREQ-BEGIN
 BuildRequires: glibc-devel
-BuildRequires: libQt5Svg-devel
-BuildRequires: libQt5X11Extras-devel
 BuildRequires: libX11-devel
 BuildRequires: libXtst-devel
 BuildRequires: libalsa-devel
-BuildRequires: libdbusmenu-qt5-devel
+BuildRequires: libdbusmenu-lxqt-devel
 BuildRequires: libgcc
 BuildRequires: libglib-devel
-BuildRequires: libkwindowsystem-devel
+BuildRequires: libglvnd-devel
+BuildRequires: libkf6-kwindowsystem-devel
+BuildRequires: libkf6-solid-devel
+BuildRequires: liblayer-shell-qt-devel
 BuildRequires: liblxqt-devel
 BuildRequires: liblxqt-globalkeys-devel
 BuildRequires: libpulseaudio-devel
 BuildRequires: libqtxdg-devel
 BuildRequires: libsensors-devel
-BuildRequires: libsolid-devel
 BuildRequires: libstatgrab-devel
 BuildRequires: libstdc++6-devel
 BuildRequires: libsysstat-devel
@@ -33,7 +34,8 @@ BuildRequires: libxcb-devel
 BuildRequires: libxcb-image-devel
 BuildRequires: libxcb-util-devel
 BuildRequires: libxkbcommon-devel
-BuildRequires: qt5-qtbase-devel
+BuildRequires: qt6-qtbase-devel
+BuildRequires: qt6-qtsvg-devel
 ## AUTOBUILDREQ-END
 BuildRequires: cmake
 BuildRequires: lxqt-menu-data
@@ -45,7 +47,6 @@ Requires:      pavucontrol-qt
 %description
 lxqt-panel represents the taskbar of LXQt.
 
-
 %package -n lib%{name}
 Group:         System/Libraries
 Summary:       Shared libraries for %{name}
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ This package contains libraries and header files for developing applications tha
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch 0 -p1 -b .upstream-fix-plugin-loader
 
 %build
 %cmake -d build
@@ -112,6 +114,12 @@ done
 
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Apr 28 2024 Automatic Build System <autodist@openmamba.org> 2.0.0-2mamba
+- added upstream patch to fix plugin loader (https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt-panel/pull/2053)
+
+* Fri Apr 26 2024 Automatic Build System <autodist@openmamba.org> 2.0.0-1mamba
+- automatic version update by autodist
+
 * Wed Nov 08 2023 Automatic Build System <autodist@mambasoft.it> 1.4.0-1mamba
 - automatic version update by autodist