diff --git a/root.spec b/root.spec
index b7c21e86d85..bfaf61d24f6 100644
--- a/root.spec
+++ b/root.spec
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 ## INITENV +PATH PYTHON27PATH %{i}/lib
 ## INITENV +PATH PYTHON3PATH %{i}/lib
 ## INITENV SET ROOTSYS %{i}
-%define tag b95e84c13e6a9cb59dd10cacd0059e4d74690a78
-%define branch cms/master/e1491c6
+%define tag e7884c606d115593ba8bf7eb3afeb8cebec922d4
+%define branch cms/master/a3b11a4
 %define github_user cms-sw
 Source: git+https://github.com/%{github_user}/root.git?obj=%{branch}/%{tag}&export=%{n}-%{realversion}&output=/%{n}-%{realversion}-%{tag}.tgz
 
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Source: git+https://github.com/%{github_user}/root.git?obj=%{branch}/%{tag}&expo
 
 BuildRequires: cmake ninja
 
-Requires: gsl libjpeg-turbo libpng libtiff giflib pcre python fftw3 xz xrootd libxml2 openssl zlib davix tbb OpenBLAS py2-numpy lz4 freetype
+Requires: gsl libjpeg-turbo libpng libtiff giflib pcre python fftw3 xz xrootd libxml2 openssl zlib davix tbb OpenBLAS py2-numpy lz4 freetype zstd
 
 %if %islinux
 Requires: dcap
@@ -136,7 +136,8 @@ cmake ../%{n}-%{realversion} \
   -DLZ4_LIBRARY="${LZ4_ROOT}/lib/liblz4.%{soext}" \
   -DZLIB_ROOT="${ZLIB_ROOT}" \
   -DZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR="${ZLIB_ROOT}/include" \
-  -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="${LZ4_ROOT}/include;${LZ4_ROOT}/lib;${GSL_ROOT};${XZ_ROOT};${OPENSSL_ROOT};${GIFLIB_ROOT};${FREETYPE_ROOT};${PYTHON_ROOT};${LIBPNG_ROOT};${PCRE_ROOT};${TBB_ROOT};${OPENBLAS_ROOT};${DAVIX_ROOT};${LZ4_ROOT/usr/local};${LIBXML2_ROOT}"
+  -DZSTD_ROOT="${ZSTD_ROOT}" \
+  -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="${LZ4_ROOT}/include;${LZ4_ROOT}/lib;${GSL_ROOT};${XZ_ROOT};${OPENSSL_ROOT};${GIFLIB_ROOT};${FREETYPE_ROOT};${PYTHON_ROOT};${LIBPNG_ROOT};${PCRE_ROOT};${TBB_ROOT};${OPENBLAS_ROOT};${DAVIX_ROOT};${LZ4_ROOT/usr/local};${LIBXML2_ROOT};${ZSTD_ROOT}"
 
 
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