diff --git a/root.spec b/root.spec
index 298aa5c949b..b473b4cd181 100644
--- a/root.spec
+++ b/root.spec
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 ## INITENV SET ROOTSYS %{i}
 ## INCLUDE compilation_flags
 ## INCLUDE cpp-standard
-%define tag 1617795b060fe51eaf06d98448554b0b0e4ccd99
-%define branch cms/v6-36-00-patches/55016315be
+%define tag 9a716a39b0c82c08784c4f2ccc228bc3345ebd5a
+%define branch cms/v6-36-00-patches/fc959539ca
 
 %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