diff --git a/macros.perl-srpm b/macros.perl-srpm
index 28cf32a..2f004d4 100644
--- a/macros.perl-srpm
+++ b/macros.perl-srpm
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # dependencies, for example: perl-Test-Minimum-Version <->
 # perl-Perl-Minimum-Version Defined for bootstraping, undefined otherwise.
 # Usage: %%if !%%{defined perl_bootstrap} ... %%endif
-#%%perl_bootstrap 1
+%perl_bootstrap 1
 
 # Perl macro, no longer part of rpm >= 4.15
 %__perl %{_bindir}/perl
diff --git a/perl-srpm-macros.spec b/perl-srpm-macros.spec
index 7da8422..f1d08f5 100644
--- a/perl-srpm-macros.spec
+++ b/perl-srpm-macros.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:       perl-srpm-macros    
 Version:    1
-Release:    54%{?dist}
+Release:    55%{?dist}
 Summary:    RPM macros for building Perl source package from source repository
 License:    GPL-3.0-or-later
 Source0:    macros.perl-srpm
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ install -m 644 -D "%{SOURCE0}" \
 %{_rpmconfigdir}/macros.d/macros.perl-srpm
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Jul 18 2024 Jitka Plesnikova <jplesnik@redhat.com> - 1-55
+- Perl 5.40 rebuild
+
 * Mon Jun 24 2024 Troy Dawson <tdawson@redhat.com> - 1-54
 - Bump release for June 2024 mass rebuild