diff --git a/gcc-epel.spec b/gcc-epel.spec
index 7919a9c..4a1b776 100644
--- a/gcc-epel.spec
+++ b/gcc-epel.spec
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 %global gcc_major 11
 # Note, gcc_release must be integer, if you want to add suffixes to
 # %%{release}, append them after %%{gcc_release} on Release: line.
-%global gcc_release 7
+%global gcc_release 8
 %global nvptx_tools_gitrev 5f6f343a302d620b0868edab376c00b15741e39e
 %global newlib_cygwin_gitrev 50e2a63b04bdd018484605fbb954fd1bd5147fa0
 %global _unpackaged_files_terminate_build 0
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
 %global multilib_32_arch i686
 %endif
 # Override RHEL/derivative build options for gcc-epel
-%global epel_bootstrap 1
+%global epel_bootstrap 0
 %global epel_glibc32 0
 %global build_ada 1
 %global build_objc 1
@@ -3315,6 +3315,9 @@ end
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Jan 05 2022 Robert Scheck <robert@fedoraproject.org> 11.2.1-8
+- disable bootstrap mode and rebuild using gcc-epel-11.2.1-7.el9
+
 * Tue Jan 04 2022 Robert Scheck <robert@fedoraproject.org> 11.2.1-7
 - transform gcc-11.2.1-6.1.el9 into gcc-epel to achieve packages
   for Ada/GNAT, D/GDC, Go, Objective-C and Objective-C++