diff --git a/root.spec b/root.spec
index fb73d912468..fa7802ec84c 100644
--- a/root.spec
+++ b/root.spec
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 ## INITENV +PATH PYTHON3PATH %{i}/lib
 ## INITENV SET ROOTSYS %{i}
 
-%define tag 474ad9272c623d28855fbd312a89f4d138878656
-%define branch cms/master/35b5aae
+%define tag 218b12328b95d2544cea61d52c418da06e9cd12a
+%define branch cms/master/79a669b
 %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