diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-gnome/recipes-connectivity/folks/folks_0.15.4.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-gnome/recipes-connectivity/folks/folks_0.15.5.bb
similarity index 88%
rename from meta-openembedded/meta-gnome/recipes-connectivity/folks/folks_0.15.4.bb
rename to meta-openembedded/meta-gnome/recipes-connectivity/folks/folks_0.15.5.bb
index c3c30ca..51620bb 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-gnome/recipes-connectivity/folks/folks_0.15.4.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-gnome/recipes-connectivity/folks/folks_0.15.5.bb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 SUMMARY = "Folks is a contact aggregation library."
-LICENSE = "LGPLv2.1"
+LICENSE = "LGPL-2.1-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=2d5025d4aa3495befef8f17206a5b0a1"
 
 DEPENDS = " \
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@
 
 inherit pkgconfig gnomebase gettext gobject-introspection vala features_check
 
-SRC_URI[archive.sha256sum] = "e71099afc9e88fad4e757ae134bc3fd63e12b901ad62b0ed5536afb79124af5f"
+SRC_URI[archive.sha256sum] = "0fff8a896330cd82aee4598324f7e541c884d0337536212723b4beb38c759086"
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-gnome/recipes-connectivity/geary/geary/0001-Util.Cache.Lru-Workaround-missing-generic-type-argum.patch b/meta-openembedded/meta-gnome/recipes-connectivity/geary/geary/0001-Util.Cache.Lru-Workaround-missing-generic-type-argum.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..22af4f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-gnome/recipes-connectivity/geary/geary/0001-Util.Cache.Lru-Workaround-missing-generic-type-argum.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+From 166198735e9f4fbe91557df1351b3481bcf79e78 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Rico Tzschichholz <ricotz@ubuntu.com>
+Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2022 19:54:11 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Util.Cache.Lru: Workaround missing generic type argument
+
+Upstream-Status: Backport [https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/geary/-/commit/0f75e7a84a39492d0748cec2ba6028e08cae3644]
+Signed-off-by: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
+---
+ src/client/util/util-cache.vala | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/client/util/util-cache.vala b/src/client/util/util-cache.vala
+index f054e32e..ecc275e8 100644
+--- a/src/client/util/util-cache.vala
++++ b/src/client/util/util-cache.vala
+@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ public class Util.Cache.Lru<T> : Geary.BaseObject {
+     private class CacheEntry<T> {
+ 
+ 
+-        public static int lru_compare(CacheEntry<T> a, CacheEntry<T> b) {
++        public static int lru_compare(CacheEntry a, CacheEntry b) {
+             if (a.key == b.key) {
+                 return 0;
+             }
+-- 
+2.35.1
+
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-gnome/recipes-connectivity/geary/geary/0002-Fix-accessibility-issues-with-initializer-of-constan.patch b/meta-openembedded/meta-gnome/recipes-connectivity/geary/geary/0002-Fix-accessibility-issues-with-initializer-of-constan.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..76315f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-gnome/recipes-connectivity/geary/geary/0002-Fix-accessibility-issues-with-initializer-of-constan.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+From 64b56e75a54a9fa3f37c7686be97a5c8818413a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Rico Tzschichholz <ricotz@ubuntu.com>
+Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2021 15:31:31 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Fix accessibility issues with initializer of constants
+
+Upstream-Status: Backport [https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/geary/-/commit/9bd4c82952a0a2c3308c5cc86c0b85650c1fb484]
+Signed-off-by: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
+---
+ src/client/application/application-client.vala | 14 +++++++-------
+ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/client/application/application-client.vala b/src/client/application/application-client.vala
+index 6ce19ce2..e6ba8533 100644
+--- a/src/client/application/application-client.vala
++++ b/src/client/application/application-client.vala
+@@ -8,16 +8,16 @@
+ 
+ // Defined by CMake build script.
+ extern const string GETTEXT_PACKAGE;
+-extern const string _APP_ID;
+-extern const string _BUILD_ROOT_DIR;
+-extern const string _GSETTINGS_DIR;
+-extern const string _INSTALL_PREFIX;
+-extern const string _NAME_SUFFIX;
++public extern const string _APP_ID;
++public extern const string _BUILD_ROOT_DIR;
++public extern const string _GSETTINGS_DIR;
++public extern const string _INSTALL_PREFIX;
++public extern const string _NAME_SUFFIX;
+ extern const string _PLUGINS_DIR;
+ extern const string _PROFILE;
+ extern const string _REVNO;
+-extern const string _SOURCE_ROOT_DIR;
+-extern const string _VERSION;
++public extern const string _SOURCE_ROOT_DIR;
++public extern const string _VERSION;
+ extern const string _WEB_EXTENSIONS_DIR;
+ 
+ 
+-- 
+2.35.1
+
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-gnome/recipes-connectivity/geary/geary_40.0.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-gnome/recipes-connectivity/geary/geary_40.0.bb
index b3b4311..501b27a 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-gnome/recipes-connectivity/geary/geary_40.0.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-gnome/recipes-connectivity/geary/geary_40.0.bb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 SUMMARY = "Geary is an email application built around conversations, for the GNOME 3 desktop."
 SECTION = "network"
-LICENSE = "LGPL-2.1"
+LICENSE = "LGPL-2.1-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=2a2244d5a13871ad950c55877546a6a2"
 
 DEPENDS = " \
@@ -30,16 +30,19 @@
 
 RDEPENDS:${PN} = "gnome-keyring"
 
-inherit meson pkgconfig mime-xdg gtk-icon-cache gobject-introspection vala
+inherit meson pkgconfig mime-xdg gtk-icon-cache gobject-introspection vala features_check
 
 SRC_URI = " \
 	git://github.com/GNOME/geary.git;nobranch=1;protocol=https \
+        file://0001-Util.Cache.Lru-Workaround-missing-generic-type-argum.patch \
+        file://0002-Fix-accessibility-issues-with-initializer-of-constan.patch \
 "
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 SRCREV = "e561775c1580a9f60a726355b2b897bfc9cb3382"
 
-REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "gobject-introspection-data"
+# for gnome-online-accounts
+REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "gobject-introspection-data x11"
 
 GIR_MESON_OPTION = ""
 EXTRA_OEMESON = "-Dprofile=release"
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-gnome/recipes-connectivity/libnma/libnma_1.8.34.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-gnome/recipes-connectivity/libnma/libnma_1.8.34.bb
index 311492e..ea852ce 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-gnome/recipes-connectivity/libnma/libnma_1.8.34.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-gnome/recipes-connectivity/libnma/libnma_1.8.34.bb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 SUMMARY = "NetworkManager GUI library"
-LICENSE = "GPLv2"
+LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=b234ee4d69f5fce4486a80fdaf4a4263"
 
 DEPENDS = "glib-2.0 gtk+3 networkmanager"
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-gnome/recipes-connectivity/network-manager-applet/network-manager-applet_1.24.0.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-gnome/recipes-connectivity/network-manager-applet/network-manager-applet_1.24.0.bb
index c181d39..c0667b5 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-gnome/recipes-connectivity/network-manager-applet/network-manager-applet_1.24.0.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-gnome/recipes-connectivity/network-manager-applet/network-manager-applet_1.24.0.bb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 SUMMARY = "GTK+ applet for NetworkManager"
-LICENSE = "GPLv2"
+LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=b234ee4d69f5fce4486a80fdaf4a4263"
 
 DEPENDS = "gtk+3 libnma libnotify libsecret libgudev networkmanager iso-codes nss"