diff --git a/root.spec b/root.spec
index f232141ba3f..ed6ae96da9c 100644
--- a/root.spec
+++ b/root.spec
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export CXXFLAGS=-D__ROOFIT_NOBANNER
 
 cmake ../%{n}-%{realversion} \
   -G Ninja \
-  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug \
   -DLLVM_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
   -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="%{i}" \
   -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=gcc \
diff --git a/xrootd-toolfile.spec b/xrootd-toolfile.spec
index 02066f92c1c..6292e9a65f0 100644
--- a/xrootd-toolfile.spec
+++ b/xrootd-toolfile.spec
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ mkdir -p %i/etc/scram.d
 cat << \EOF_TOOLFILE >%i/etc/scram.d/xrootd.xml
 <tool name="xrootd" version="@TOOL_VERSION@">
   <lib name="XrdUtils"/>
-  <lib name="XrdClient"/>
+  <lib name="XrdCl"/>
   <client>
     <environment name="XROOTD_BASE" default="@TOOL_ROOT@"/>
     <environment name="INCLUDE" default="$XROOTD_BASE/include/xrootd"/>
diff --git a/xrootd.spec b/xrootd.spec
index 984ebb22bb8..63f9a1c5dd4 100644
--- a/xrootd.spec
+++ b/xrootd.spec
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-### RPM external xrootd 4.12.3
+### RPM external xrootd 5.1.1
 ## INITENV +PATH LD_LIBRARY_PATH %i/lib64
 ## INITENV +PATH PYTHON27PATH %{i}/${PYTHON_LIB_SITE_PACKAGES}
 ## INITENV +PATH PYTHON3PATH %{i}/${PYTHON3_LIB_SITE_PACKAGES}
 
-%define tag b122d662f80a46a570876afd32cdaa9f4370dc1d
-%define branch stable-4.12.x
+%define tag v%{realversion}
+%define branch stable-5.1.x
 %define github_user xrootd
 Source: git+https://github.com/%github_user/xrootd.git?obj=%{branch}/%{tag}&export=%{n}-%{realversion}&output=/%{n}-%{realversion}.tgz
 
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ perl -p -i -e 's|^#!.*perl(.*)|#!/usr/bin/env perl$1|' src/XrdMon/xrdmonPrepareS
 # libfuse and libperl are not produced by CMSDIST.
 
 CMAKE_ARGS="-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=%{i} \
-  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug \
   -DOPENSSL_ROOT_DIR:PATH=${OPENSSL_ROOT} \
   -DZLIB_ROOT:PATH=${ZLIB_ROOT} \
   -DENABLE_PYTHON=FALSE \