diff --git a/nfs-utils.spec b/nfs-utils.spec
index f2d7efb..bdf9a6b 100644
--- a/nfs-utils.spec
+++ b/nfs-utils.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Summary: NFS utilities and supporting clients and daemons for the kernel NFS ser
 Name: nfs-utils
 URL: http://linux-nfs.org/
 Version: 2.8.2
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Release: 3%{?dist}
 Epoch: 1
 
 # group all 32bit related archs
@@ -290,9 +290,9 @@ rm -rf /etc/systemd/system/rpc-*.requires
 %dir %attr(700,rpcuser,rpcuser) %{_sharedstatedir}/nfs/statd
 %dir %attr(700,rpcuser,rpcuser) %{_sharedstatedir}/nfs/statd/sm
 %dir %attr(700,rpcuser,rpcuser) %{_sharedstatedir}/nfs/statd/sm.bak
-%ghost %attr(644,rpcuser,rpcuser) %{_statdpath}/state
-%config(noreplace) %{_sharedstatedir}/nfs/etab
-%config(noreplace) %{_sharedstatedir}/nfs/rmtab
+%ghost %attr(644,root,root) %{_statdpath}/state
+%ghost %attr(644,root,root) %{_sharedstatedir}/nfs/etab
+%ghost %attr(644,root,root) %{_sharedstatedir}/nfs/rmtab
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/request-key.d/id_resolver.conf
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/modprobe.d/lockd.conf
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/nfs.conf
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ rm -rf /etc/systemd/system/rpc-*.requires
 %dir %attr(700,rpcuser,rpcuser) %{_sharedstatedir}/nfs/statd
 %dir %attr(700,rpcuser,rpcuser) %{_sharedstatedir}/nfs/statd/sm
 %dir %attr(700,rpcuser,rpcuser) %{_sharedstatedir}/nfs/statd/sm.bak
-%ghost %attr(644,rpcuser,rpcuser) %{_statdpath}/state
+%ghost %attr(644,root,root) %{_statdpath}/state
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/nfsmount.conf
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/nfs.conf
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/request-key.d/id_resolver.conf
@@ -433,6 +433,10 @@ rm -rf /etc/systemd/system/rpc-*.requires
 %{_mandir}/*/nfsiostat.8.gz
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Feb  5 2025 Scott Mayhew <smayhew@redhat.com> 2.8.2-3
+- fix ownership of /var/lib/nfs/statd/state (RHEL-77913)
+- /var/lib/nfs/{etab,rmtab} should not be marked as config files (RHEL-77912)
+
 * Tue Feb  4 2025 Scott Mayhew <smayhew@redhat.com> 2.8.2-2
 - version handling fixes for nfsdctl and rpc.nfsd (RHEL-72477)