diff --git a/rubygem-mysql2.spec b/rubygem-mysql2.spec
index c3dcf15..d830e0d 100644
--- a/rubygem-mysql2.spec
+++ b/rubygem-mysql2.spec
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 Name: rubygem-%{gem_name}
 Version: 0.5.3
-Release: 7%{?dist}
+Release: 8%{?dist}
 Summary: A simple, fast Mysql library for Ruby, binding to libmysql
 License: MIT
 URL: https://github.com/brianmario/mysql2
@@ -180,6 +180,9 @@ kill "$(cat "${MYSQL_TEST_PID_FILE}")"
 
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Apr 16 2021 Mohan Boddu <mboddu@redhat.com> - 0.5.3-8
+- Rebuilt for RHEL 9 BETA on Apr 15th 2021. Related: rhbz#1947937
+
 * Thu Feb 11 2021 Vít Ondruch <vondruch@redhat.com> - 0.5.3-7
 - Fix FTBFS due to MariaDB 10.5+ incompatibilies.
   Resolves: rhbz#1914515