diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/colord/colord.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/colord/colord.bb
index 6eb9db8dab..19d2ac3211 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/colord/colord.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/colord/colord.bb
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ RDEPENDS:${PN} += "hwdata"
 
 SRC_URI += " \
 	file://0001-Run-native-cd_idt8-cd_create_profile.patch \
-	file://08a32b2379fb5582f4312e59bf51a2823df56276.patch \
 "
 
 EXTRA_OEMESON += " \
@@ -40,10 +39,12 @@ FILES:${PN} += " \
     ${datadir}/polkit-1 \
     ${datadir}/glib-2.0 \
     ${datadir}/color \
+    ${datadir}/metainfo \
     ${systemd_user_unitdir} \
     ${nonarch_libdir}/tmpfiles.d \
     ${libdir}/colord-plugins \
     ${libdir}/colord-sensors \
+    ${libdir}/sysusers.d \
 "
 
 USERADD_PACKAGES = "${PN}"
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/colord/colord.inc b/meta-oe/recipes-support/colord/colord.inc
index 447531f312..0f239f36ce 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/colord/colord.inc
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/colord/colord.inc
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = " \
     file://meson.build;beginline=3;endline=3;md5=f42198707d793be58b274d34fd5238c3 \
 "
 
-PV = "1.4.7"
+PV = "1.4.8"
 SRC_URI = "https://www.freedesktop.org/software/colord/releases/${BPN}-${PV}.tar.xz"
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "de02d9910634ae159547585cec414e450f711c27235453b4f9b38a9f2361a653"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "21500bd68975312a7f0f3ce6019d9f75f42aacaa75ca7115ec720b5445406896"
 
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/colord/colord/08a32b2379fb5582f4312e59bf51a2823df56276.patch b/meta-oe/recipes-support/colord/colord/08a32b2379fb5582f4312e59bf51a2823df56276.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 860e6ab4af..0000000000
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/colord/colord/08a32b2379fb5582f4312e59bf51a2823df56276.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-From 08a32b2379fb5582f4312e59bf51a2823df56276 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Richard Hughes <richard@hughsie.com>
-Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2024 10:37:11 +0000
-Subject: [PATCH] Fix writing to the database with ProtectSystem=strict
-
-Fixes https://github.com/hughsie/colord/issues/166
-
-Upstream-Status: Backport [https://github.com/hughsie/colord/commit/08a32b2379fb5582f4312e59bf51a2823df56276]
-Signed-off-by: Markus Volk <f_l_k@t-online.de>
----
- data/colord.service.in | 4 ++++
- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
-
-diff --git a/data/colord.service.in b/data/colord.service.in
-index 6825d944..c358dc4b 100644
---- a/data/colord.service.in
-+++ b/data/colord.service.in
-@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ ProtectControlGroups=true
- RestrictRealtime=true
- RestrictAddressFamilies=AF_UNIX
- 
-+ConfigurationDirectory=colord
-+StateDirectory=colord
-+CacheDirectory=colord
-+
- # drop all capabilities
- CapabilityBoundingSet=~CAP_SETUID CAP_SETGID CAP_SETPCAP CAP_SYS_ADMIN CAP_SYS_PTRACE CAP_CHOWN CAP_FSETID CAP_SETFCAP CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH CAP_FOWNER CAP_IPC_OWNER CAP_NET_ADMIN CAP_SYS_RAWIO CAP_SYS_TIME CAP_AUDIT_CONTROL CAP_AUDIT_READ CAP_AUDIT_WRITE CAP_KILL CAP_MKNOD CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE CAP_NET_BROADCAST CAP_NET_RAW CAP_SYS_NICE CAP_SYS_RESOURCE CAP_MAC_ADMIN CAP_MAC_OVERRIDE CAP_SYS_BOOT CAP_LINUX_IMMUTABLE CAP_IPC_LOCK CAP_SYS_CHROOT CAP_BLOCK_SUSPEND CAP_LEASE CAP_SYS_PACCT CAP_SYS_TTY_CONFIG CAP_WAKE_ALARM
-