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deleted file mode 100644
index 4b44f3ad72d..00000000000
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new file mode 100644
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@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
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diff --git a/SPECS-EXTENDED/fetchmail/fetchmail.service b/SPECS-EXTENDED/fetchmail/fetchmail.service
deleted file mode 100644
index f59312c8524..00000000000
--- a/SPECS-EXTENDED/fetchmail/fetchmail.service
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-[Unit]
-Description=A remote-mail retrieval utility
-After=local-fs.target network.target
-
-[Service]
-User=mail
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/fetchmail -d 300 --fetchmailrc /etc/fetchmailrc.example
-RestartSec=1
-
-[Install]
-WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/SPECS-EXTENDED/fetchmail/fetchmail.signatures.json b/SPECS-EXTENDED/fetchmail/fetchmail.signatures.json
index 1db6500de79..d7b55f85421 100644
--- a/SPECS-EXTENDED/fetchmail/fetchmail.signatures.json
+++ b/SPECS-EXTENDED/fetchmail/fetchmail.signatures.json
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {
  "Signatures": {
-  "fetchmail-6.4.22.tar.xz": "cc6818bd59435602169fa292d6d163d56b21c7f53112829470a3aceabe612c84",
-  "fetchmail.service": "4af07f619128c721a3d54b484b85f99ce80f95551c4a40e877e2397f7a5c3431",
-  "fetchmailrc.example": "6736c2f3ea47899f138ff191e9f8e9c1a2c21262d98327d42262e1ce17dd9d15"
+  "fetchmail-6.5.0.rc2.tar.xz": "577b4f32b81be2c5ccd4a2ea18131a758f159497b13aba71d8e3a490952914ac",
+  "fetchmail-6.5.0.rc2.tar.xz.asc": "af4f660ca01f3fea0b91dd072b12cc64b9afa2aea5ee1076278190f3b310fe2e"
  }
 }
diff --git a/SPECS-EXTENDED/fetchmail/fetchmail.spec b/SPECS-EXTENDED/fetchmail/fetchmail.spec
index 6a0c55a2330..37bea2ecdc5 100644
--- a/SPECS-EXTENDED/fetchmail/fetchmail.spec
+++ b/SPECS-EXTENDED/fetchmail/fetchmail.spec
@@ -1,17 +1,14 @@
 Summary:        A remote mail retrieval and forwarding utility
 Name:           fetchmail
-Version:        6.4.22
+Version:        6.5.0
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 # For a breakdown of the licensing, see COPYING
 License:        GPL+ AND Public Domain
 Vendor:         Microsoft Corporation
 Distribution:   Azure Linux
 URL:            https://www.fetchmail.info/
-Source0:        https://downloads.sourceforge.net/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.xz
-# systemd service file
-Source2:        fetchmail.service
-# example configuration file
-Source3:        fetchmailrc.example
+Source0:        https://sourceforge.net/projects/%{name}/files/branch_6.5/%{name}-%{version}.rc2.tar.xz
+Source1:        https://sourceforge.net/projects/%{name}/files/branch_6.5/%{name}-%{version}.rc2.tar.xz.asc
 BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires:  gettext-devel
 BuildRequires:  krb5-devel
@@ -31,7 +28,7 @@ Install fetchmail if you need to retrieve mail over SLIP or PPP
 connections.
 
 %prep
-%autosetup -p1
+%setup -q -n %{name}-%{version}.rc2
 
 %build
 %configure \
@@ -53,13 +50,6 @@ connections.
 %install
 %make_install DESTDIR=%{buildroot}
 
-# install example systemd unit
-mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_unitdir}
-install -p -m 644 %{SOURCE2} %{buildroot}%{_unitdir}/fetchmail.service
-
-# install example config file
-mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}
-install -p -m 600 %{SOURCE3} %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/fetchmailrc.example
 
 # remove fetchmailconf stuff
 rm -f %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/fetchmailconf*
@@ -71,13 +61,15 @@ rm -f %{buildroot}%{python3_sitelib}/__pycache__/fetchmailconf*
 
 %files -f %{name}.lang
 %license COPYING
-%doc FAQ FEATURES NEWS NOTES README README.SSL TODO
+%doc FAQ FEATURES NEWS NOTES README README.SSL TODO contrib/systemd
 %{_bindir}/fetchmail
 %{_mandir}/man1/fetchmail.1*
-%{_unitdir}/fetchmail.service
-%config(noreplace) %attr(0600, mail, mail) %{_sysconfdir}/fetchmailrc.example
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Oct 28 2024 Jyoti Kanase <v-jykanase@microsoft.com> - 6.5.0-1
+- Update to 6.5.0
+-License verified
+
 * Thu Aug 31 2023 Muhammad Falak <mwani@microsoft.com> - 6.4.22-1
 - Upgrade version to address CVE-2021-39272 & CVE-2021-36386
 - License verified
diff --git a/SPECS-EXTENDED/fetchmail/fetchmailrc.example b/SPECS-EXTENDED/fetchmail/fetchmailrc.example
deleted file mode 100644
index e6c2c1272b3..00000000000
--- a/SPECS-EXTENDED/fetchmail/fetchmailrc.example
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-#poll pop.domain.com proto pop3
-#    user 'user1' there with password 'secret' is user1 here
diff --git a/cgmanifest.json b/cgmanifest.json
index 9844b8f542f..349bbb12007 100644
--- a/cgmanifest.json
+++ b/cgmanifest.json
@@ -3528,8 +3528,8 @@
         "type": "other",
         "other": {
           "name": "fetchmail",
-          "version": "6.4.22",
-          "downloadUrl": "https://downloads.sourceforge.net/fetchmail/fetchmail-6.4.22.tar.xz"
+          "version": "6.5.0",
+          "downloadUrl": "https://sourceforge.net/projects/fetchmail/files/branch_6.5/fetchmail-6.5.0.rc2.tar.xz"
         }
       }
     },