diff --git a/SPECS/automake.spec b/SPECS/automake.spec
index 563877f..99cd9f7 100644
--- a/SPECS/automake.spec
+++ b/SPECS/automake.spec
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Summary:    A GNU tool for automatically creating Makefiles
 Name:       automake
 # Any bump here requires libtool rebuild, rhbz#1813010
 Version:    %{api_version}.5
-Release:    17%{?dist}
+Release:    18%{?dist}
 
 # To help future rebase, the following licenses were seen in the following files/folders:
 # usr/bin/* - GPL-2.0-or-later
@@ -177,6 +177,10 @@ make -k %{?_smp_mflags} check %{?TESTS_FLAGS: TESTS="%{TESTS_FLAGS}"} \
 
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Oct 29 2024 Troy Dawson <tdawson@redhat.com> - 1.16.5-18
+- Bump release for October 2024 mass rebuild:
+  Resolves: RHEL-64018
+
 * Fri Oct 25 2024 MSVSphere Packaging Team <packager@msvsphere-os.ru> - 1.16.5-17
 - Rebuilt for MSVSphere 10