diff --git a/src/XrdCeph/XrdCephOss.cc b/src/XrdCeph/XrdCephOss.cc
index c1b2364f540..c5d57f7d241 100644
--- a/src/XrdCeph/XrdCephOss.cc
+++ b/src/XrdCeph/XrdCephOss.cc
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ ssize_t getNumericAttr(const char* const path, const char* attrName, const int m
   if (attrLen <= 0) {
     retval = -EINVAL;
   } else {
-    attrValue[attrLen] = (char)NULL;
+    attrValue[attrLen] = (char)'\0';
     char *endPointer = (char *)NULL;
     retval = strtoll(attrValue, &endPointer, 10);
   }
diff --git a/xrootd.spec b/xrootd.spec
index d439303d9a2..77f585e1fc7 100644
--- a/xrootd.spec
+++ b/xrootd.spec
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 Name:		xrootd
 Epoch:		1
-Release:	99%{?dist}%{?with_clang:.clang}%{?with_asan:.asan}%{?with_openssl11:.ssl11}
+Release:	2%{?dist}%{?with_clang:.clang}%{?with_asan:.asan}%{?with_openssl11:.ssl11}
 Summary:	Extended ROOT File Server
 Group:		System Environment/Daemons
 License:	LGPL-3.0-or-later AND BSD-2-Clause AND BSD-3-Clause AND curl AND MIT AND Zlib