diff --git a/.papi.metadata b/.papi.metadata
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..55a5945
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.papi.metadata
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+4b3cf1419ad5a293d4e7d1b535ca94e287375b3d papi-6.0.0.tar.gz
diff --git a/papi.spec b/papi.spec
index 307d5b0..7587cd4 100644
--- a/papi.spec
+++ b/papi.spec
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 Summary: Performance Application Programming Interface
 Name: papi
 Version: 6.0.0
-Release: 7%{?dist}
+Release: 8%{?dist}
 License: BSD
 Requires: papi-libs = %{version}-%{release}
 URL: http://icl.cs.utk.edu/papi/
@@ -190,6 +190,9 @@ chrpath --delete $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/*.so*
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Apr 16 2021 Mohan Boddu <mboddu@redhat.com> - 6.0.0-8
+- Rebuilt for RHEL 9 BETA on Apr 15th 2021. Related: rhbz#1947937
+
 * Thu Jan 28 2021 William Cohen <wcohen@redhat.com> - 6.0.0-7
 - By default disable genaration of static libraries.