diff --git a/docs/nginx.xml b/docs/nginx.xml
index 1f8d1e4..6fb0e33 100644
--- a/docs/nginx.xml
+++ b/docs/nginx.xml
@@ -5,6 +5,18 @@
 <change_log title="nginx">
 
 
+<changes apply="nginx" ver="1.27.2" rev="2"
+         date="2024-11-20" time="11:55:00 -0800"
+         packager="Nginx Packaging &lt;nginx-packaging@f5.com&gt;">
+<change>
+<para>
+RHEL 9 only: bumped Epoch to override appstream version.
+</para>
+</change>
+
+</changes>
+
+
 <changes apply="nginx" ver="1.27.2" rev="1"
          date="2024-10-02" time="16:59:46 +0100"
          packager="Nginx Packaging &lt;nginx-packaging@f5.com&gt;">
diff --git a/rpm/SPECS/Makefile b/rpm/SPECS/Makefile
index 100ae70..5679565 100644
--- a/rpm/SPECS/Makefile
+++ b/rpm/SPECS/Makefile
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ MODULE_TARGET?=	oss
 include $(CONTRIB)/src/nginx$(BASE_SUFFIX)/version
 
 BASE_VERSION=	$(NGINX_VERSION)
-BASE_RELEASE=	1
+BASE_RELEASE=	2
 PLUS_VERSION=	$(NGINX_PLUS_VERSION)
 PLUS_RELEASE=   $(BASE_RELEASE)
 BASE_SRC=	nginx$(BASE_SUFFIX)-$(BASE_VERSION).tar.gz
diff --git a/rpm/SPECS/nginx.spec.in b/rpm/SPECS/nginx.spec.in
index 69f3247..500bc95 100644
--- a/rpm/SPECS/nginx.spec.in
+++ b/rpm/SPECS/nginx.spec.in
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ BuildRequires: openssl-devel >= 1.1.1
 %endif
 
 %if 0%{?rhel} == 9
-%define epoch 1
+%define epoch 2
 Epoch: %{epoch}
 Requires(pre): shadow-utils
 Requires: procps-ng