diff --git a/perl-HTML-Tabulate.spec b/perl-HTML-Tabulate.spec
index 9df9546..57a3061 100644
--- a/perl-HTML-Tabulate.spec
+++ b/perl-HTML-Tabulate.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           perl-HTML-Tabulate
 Version:        0.45
-Release:        1%{?dist}
+Release:        2%{?dist}
 Summary:        HTML table rendering class
 License:        GPL+ or Artistic
 Group:          Development/Libraries
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_mandir}/man3/*
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Jan 21 2025 Jean-Philippe Pialasse <jpp@koozali.org> 0.45-2.sme
+- fix  building for el8
+
 * Fri Jul 14 2023 BogusDateBot
 - Eliminated rpmbuild "bogus date" warnings due to inconsistent weekday,
   by assuming the date is correct and changing the weekday.