diff --git a/orca-46.beta-without-git.patch b/orca-46.beta-without-git.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..86a778c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/orca-46.beta-without-git.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+From 906fb792e043345cfcc9f0d0d2172b03b6c194fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
+Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2024 13:21:17 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] build: Allow building without git executable
+
+Most relevant when building from release tarball.
+The meson script already allows to not be inside a git tree by falling
+back to setting revision='' when git returns no revision.
+Let's go one step further and set revision='' also when git is not found;
+if this were a git clone, the system would likely have git installed.
+---
+ src/orca/meson.build | 9 +++++++--
+ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/orca/meson.build b/src/orca/meson.build
+index a994b4505..b92f4b3a8 100644
+--- a/src/orca/meson.build
++++ b/src/orca/meson.build
+@@ -23,8 +23,13 @@ orca_i18n_py = configure_file(
+   }
+ )
+ 
+-r = run_command('git', 'rev-parse', '--short', 'HEAD', check: false)
+-revision = r.stdout().strip()
++git = find_program('git', required: false)
++if git.found()
++  r = run_command('git', 'rev-parse', '--short', 'HEAD', check: false)
++  revision = r.stdout().strip()
++else
++  revision = ''
++endif
+ 
+ r = run_command('pkg-config', '--variable=tablesdir', 'liblouis', check: false)
+ louis_tables_dir = r.stdout().strip()
+-- 
+GitLab
+
diff --git a/orca.spec b/orca.spec
index ed0f96e..3f0f893 100644
--- a/orca.spec
+++ b/orca.spec
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 %global tarball_version %%(echo %{version} | tr '~' '.')
 
 Name:           orca
-Version:        46~alpha
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Version:        46~beta
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Assistive technology for people with visual impairments
 
 License:        LGPL-2.1-or-later
 URL:            https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Orca
 Source0:        https://download.gnome.org/sources/%{name}/46/%{name}-%{tarball_version}.tar.xz
+# https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/orca/-/merge_requests/187
+Patch:          orca-46.beta-without-git.patch
 
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
@@ -21,7 +23,7 @@ BuildRequires:  gettext
 BuildRequires:  intltool
 BuildRequires:  gtk3-devel
 BuildRequires:  itstool
-BuildRequires:  make
+BuildRequires:  meson
 BuildRequires:  python3-brlapi
 BuildRequires:  python3-devel
 BuildRequires:  python3-louis
@@ -46,12 +48,12 @@ provider interface (AT-SPI), e.g. the GNOME desktop.
 
 
 %build
-%configure
-%make_build
+%meson
+%meson_build
 
 
 %install
-%make_install
+%meson_install
 
 %find_lang %{name} --with-gnome
 
@@ -62,7 +64,7 @@ desktop-file-validate %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/xdg/autostart/orca-autostart.de
 
 %files -f %{name}.lang
 %license COPYING
-%doc AUTHORS NEWS README
+%doc AUTHORS NEWS README.md
 %{_bindir}/orca
 %{python3_sitelib}/orca/
 %{_datadir}/icons/hicolor/*/apps/orca.png
@@ -74,6 +76,9 @@ desktop-file-validate %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/xdg/autostart/orca-autostart.de
 
 
 %changelog
+* Sat Mar 02 2024 David King <amigadave@amigadave.com> - 46~beta-1
+- Update to 46.beta
+
 * Thu Jan 25 2024 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 46~alpha-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_40_Mass_Rebuild