diff --git a/rust-pleaser.spec b/rust-pleaser.spec
index 9a181bb..f07a745 100644
--- a/rust-pleaser.spec
+++ b/rust-pleaser.spec
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 %global __cargo_skip_build 0
 %global crate pleaser
 
-%if 0%{?el8}
+%if 0%{?el9}
 # disabling this as it chokes on the vendored dependencies
 %undefine __brp_mangle_shebangs
 # el8 doesn't have these macros
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ URL:            https://crates.io/crates/pleaser
 Source0:         %{crates_source}
 Source1:         %{crate}-%{version}-vendor.tar.gz
 
-%if ! 0%{?el8}
+%if ! 0%{?el9}
 # Patch nix dependency to >= 0.19 as upstream bumped
 Patch0: pleaser-fix-metadata.diff
 %endif
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ ExclusiveArch:  %{rust_arches}
 BuildArch:      noarch
 %endif
 
-%if 0%{?el8}
+%if 0%{?el9}
 BuildRequires:  rust-toolset
 BuildRequires:  sed
 BuildRequires:  pam-devel
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ which use "%{crate}" crate.
 %doc README.md
 %license LICENSE
 
-%if ! 0%{?el8}
+%if ! 0%{?el9}
 %{cargo_registry}/%{crate}-%{version_no_tilde}/
 %endif
 
@@ -92,13 +92,13 @@ This package contains library source intended for building other packages
 which use "default" feature of "%{crate}" crate.
 
 %files       -n %{name}+default-devel
-%if ! 0%{?el8}
+%if ! 0%{?el9}
 %ghost %{cargo_registry}/%{crate}-%{version_no_tilde}/Cargo.toml
 %endif
 
 %prep
 %autosetup -n %{crate}-%{version_no_tilde} -p1
-%if 0%{?el8}
+%if 0%{?el9}
 %cargo_prep -V 1
 %ifarch s390x
 # drop opt-level generation to fix s390x OOM problems
@@ -151,8 +151,8 @@ EOF
 %endif
 
 %changelog
-* Mon Nov 23 2021 ed neville <ed@s5h.net> - 0.5.0-1
-- EPEL8 sections
+* Tue Nov 23 2021 ed neville <ed@s5h.net> - 0.5.0-1
+- EPEL9 sections
 
 * Fri Jul 23 2021 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 0.4.1-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_35_Mass_Rebuild