diff --git a/g4hepem.spec b/g4hepem.spec
index 528112268b4..5db81cc760f 100644
--- a/g4hepem.spec
+++ b/g4hepem.spec
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-### RPM external g4hepem 20250220
+### RPM external g4hepem 20251114
 %define tag %{realversion}
 %define branch master
 %define github_user mnovak42
diff --git a/vecgeom.spec b/vecgeom.spec
index 3f99048b359..1f18f5b6121 100644
--- a/vecgeom.spec
+++ b/vecgeom.spec
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-### RPM external vecgeom v2.0.0-rc.7
+### RPM external vecgeom v2.0.0-rc.8
 ## INCLUDE compilation_flags
 ## INCLUDE compilation_flags_lto
 ## INCLUDE cpp-standard
 ## INCLUDE microarch_flags
 
-%define tag 2aa7db7a4f95ec8058696c22dae57679999f8bd3
+%define tag %{realversion}
 %define branch master
 Source: git+https://gitlab.cern.ch/VecGeom/VecGeom.git?obj=%{branch}/%{tag}&export=%{n}-%{realversion}&output=/%{n}-%{realversion}.tgz
 Patch0: vecgeom-fix-vector