diff --git a/velocity.spec b/velocity.spec
index 3de2c5d..8bcdacf 100644
--- a/velocity.spec
+++ b/velocity.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Name:           velocity
 Version:        1.7
-Release:        34%{?dist}
+Release:        35%{?dist}
 Epoch:          0
 Summary:        Java-based template engine
 License:        ASL 2.0
@@ -196,6 +196,9 @@ cp -pr examples test %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/%{name}
 %{_datadir}/%{name}
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Apr 16 2021 Mohan Boddu <mboddu@redhat.com> - 0:1.7-35
+- Rebuilt for RHEL 9 BETA on Apr 15th 2021. Related: rhbz#1947937
+
 * Wed Jan 27 2021 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 0:1.7-34
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_34_Mass_Rebuild