diff --git a/extra/libreoffice-fresh/PKGBUILD b/extra/libreoffice-fresh/PKGBUILD
index c31413c32..9885c6f8a 100644
--- a/extra/libreoffice-fresh/PKGBUILD
+++ b/extra/libreoffice-fresh/PKGBUILD
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ pkgbase=libreoffice-fresh
 pkgname=('libreoffice-fresh-sdk' 'libreoffice-fresh')
 _LOver=7.4.4.2
 pkgver=7.4.4
-pkgrel=1
+pkgrel=2
 arch=('x86_64')
 license=('LGPL3')
 url="https://www.libreoffice.org/"
-makedepends=('curl>=7.20.0' 'hunspell>=1.2.8' 'python>=3.7' 'libwpd>=0.9.2' 'libwps'
+makedepends=('curl>=7.20.0' 'hunspell>=1.2.8' 'python' 'libwpd>=0.9.2' 'libwps'
 	'neon>=0.28.6' 'pango' 'nspr' 'libjpeg' 'libxrandr' 'libgl' 'dbus-glib'
 	'libxslt' 'redland' 'hyphen' 'lpsolve' 'gcc-libs' 'sh' 'graphite' 'icu' 
 	'lcms2' 'poppler>=0.24.0' 'libvisio' 'libetonyek' 'libodfgen' 'libcdr'
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ source=(${_mirror}/libreoffice{,-help,-translations}-${_LOver}.tar.xz{,.asc}
 	${_additional_source_url2}/odfvalidator-1.2.0-incubating-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies-971c54fd38a968f5860014b44301872706f9e540.jar # for test suite
 	${_additional_source_url2}/f543e6e2d7275557a839a164941c0a86e5f2c3f2a0042bfc434c88c6dde9e140-opens___.ttf
 	${_additional_source_url2}/185d60944ea767075d27247c3162b3bc-unowinreg.dll
+        libreoffice-boost-1.81.0-locale.patch::https://github.com/LibreOffice/core/commit/23dcd4339428.patch
 	make-pyuno-work-with-system-wide-module-install.diff
         0001_Remove_dependency_on_BitArray.h_from_zxing-1.2.0.patch
         623ea5c.diff
@@ -117,6 +118,7 @@ sha256sums=('8ae1d9a91fab98d9601ee5e256389e3da26c6ad9836930b151504b742e729d0b'
             '984f2a479df79e27e7b01a5815ac53ae64e07746b882262d8a64566494515504'
             'f543e6e2d7275557a839a164941c0a86e5f2c3f2a0042bfc434c88c6dde9e140'
             'eafde646a7dbe46d20c291685b0beac2382174d78d66ee990e229a1bf6e6cec6'
+            '9754c1c9025dd34b010b3e9c9c39ef2f850331e486b5d0adbf5c86f554259b04'
             'c463654a73ecfbc242ff109726fb4faecdbfb3d91affafe919b24bea65afb563'
             'fa0073dee8fc0519b84ed6af6fa9769b88abb24e694c314344c4606478101547'
             '440c9af5f3d1213d8ed7177282380f25cbc981cabc8b590dcb777aaae84178e5'
@@ -140,6 +142,9 @@ prepare() {
 	rm "${srcdir}"/ext_sources/185d60944ea767075d27247c3162b3bc-unowinreg.dll
 	cp -f "${srcdir}"/185d60944ea767075d27247c3162b3bc-unowinreg.dll "${srcdir}"/ext_sources
 
+	# https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/core/+/143343
+	patch -Np1 -i "${srcdir}"/libreoffice-boost-1.81.0-locale.patch
+
 	# fix not upstreamable pyuno paths - FS#54250
 	patch -Np1 -i "${srcdir}"/make-pyuno-work-with-system-wide-module-install.diff
 
@@ -295,7 +300,7 @@ package_libreoffice-fresh-sdk() {
 
 package_libreoffice-fresh() {
 	pkgdesc="LibreOffice branch which contains new features and program enhancements"
-	depends=('curl>=7.20.0' 'hunspell>=1.2.8' 'python>=3.7' 'libwpd>=0.9.2' 'libwps'
+	depends=('curl>=7.20.0' 'hunspell>=1.2.8' 'python' 'libwpd>=0.9.2' 'libwps'
 		'neon>=0.28.6' 'pango' 'nspr' 'libjpeg' 'libxrandr' 'libgl'
 		'libxslt' 'redland' 'hyphen' 'lpsolve' 'gcc-libs' 'sh' 'graphite' 'icu' 
 		'lcms2' 'poppler>=0.24.0' 'libvisio' 'libetonyek' 'libodfgen' 'libcdr'
@@ -352,11 +357,13 @@ package_libreoffice-fresh() {
 	install -m644 "${srcdir}"/libreoffice-fresh.{sh,csh} "${pkgdir}"/etc/profile.d/
 
 	# make pyuno find its modules
-	install -dm755 "${pkgdir}"/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages
+        local site_packages=$(python -c "import site; print(site.getsitepackages()[0])")
+
+	install -dm755 "${pkgdir}"/$site_packages
 	ln -svf /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/uno.py \
-		"${pkgdir}"/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/uno.py
+		"${pkgdir}"/$site_packages/uno.py
 	ln -svf /usr/lib/libreoffice/program/unohelper.py \
-		"${pkgdir}"/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/unohelper.py
+		"${pkgdir}"/$site_packages/unohelper.py
 		
 	# add a symlink required for gnome-documents; FS#51887
 	# https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/libreoffice/2016-March/073787.html