diff --git a/binutils.spec b/binutils.spec
index 2191ec5..90b7d36 100644
--- a/binutils.spec
+++ b/binutils.spec
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Name: %{?scl_prefix}binutils
 # The variable %%{source} (see below) should be set to indicate which of these
 # origins is being used.
 Version: 2.46
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 2%{?dist}
 License: GPL-3.0-or-later AND (GPL-3.0-or-later WITH Bison-exception-2.2) AND (LGPL-2.0-or-later WITH GCC-exception-2.0) AND BSD-3-Clause AND GFDL-1.3-or-later AND GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later AND LGPL-2.0-or-later
 URL: https://sourceware.org/binutils
 
@@ -387,10 +387,8 @@ BuildRequires: bison
 %if %have_scl_utils
 BuildRequires: scl-utils-build
 %else
-%if ! %{bootstrapping}
 BuildRequires: gcc-toolset-%{gts_ver}-devel
 %endif
-%endif
 
 %if %{with clang}
 
@@ -521,7 +519,7 @@ Requires:  (%{?scl_prefix}runtime >= %{gts_ver} with %{?scl_prefix}runtime < %{g
 %endif
 
 %if %{bootstrapping}
-%define alternatives_cmd     /usr/bin/alternatives
+%define alternatives_cmd     /usr/sbin/alternatives
 %define alternatives_cmdline %{alternatives_cmd}
 %else
 %define alternatives_cmd     %{!?scl:%{_sbindir}}%{?scl:%{_root_sbindir}}/alternatives
@@ -1389,10 +1387,8 @@ done
 export QA_RPATHS=0x0003
 
 %if %have_scl_utils == 0
-%if ! %{bootstrapping}
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_scl_root}/etc/alternatives %{buildroot}%{_scl_root}/var/lib/alternatives
 %endif
-%endif
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -1556,11 +1552,9 @@ exit 0
 %endif
 
 %if %have_scl_utils == 0
-%if ! %{bootstrapping}
 %dir %{_scl_root}/etc/alternatives
 %dir %{_scl_root}/var/lib/alternatives
 %endif
-%endif
 
 #------------------------------------
 
@@ -1595,11 +1589,7 @@ exit 0
 %{_bindir}/gprofng-*
 %dir %{_libdir}/gprofng
 %{_libdir}/gprofng/*
-%if %{bootstrapping}
-/etc/gprofng.rc
-%else
 %{_scl_root}/etc/gprofng.rc
-%endif
 
 %if %{enable_shared}
 %{_libdir}/libgprofng.*
@@ -1646,6 +1636,9 @@ exit 0
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 %changelog
+* Mon Jul 06 2026 Siddhesh Poyarekar  <siddhesh@redhat.com> - 2.46-2
+- Fix alternatives path when bootstrapping (RHEL-191862)
+
 * Mon Jun 08 2026 Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com> - 2.46-1
 - Initial commit on c10s.  (RHELMISC-34705)
 -    Resolves: RHELMISC-34705