diff --git a/centos/SPECS/borgbackup.spec b/centos/SPECS/borgbackup.spec
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..15081a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/centos/SPECS/borgbackup.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,185 @@
+%global srcname borgbackup
+
+%if 0%{?fedora} || 0%{?rhel} == 8
+  %global bundle_msgpack 1
+%else
+  %global bundle_msgpack 0
+%endif
+
+Name:           %{srcname}
+Version:        1.1.17
+Release:        1%{?dist}
+Summary:        A deduplicating backup program with compression and authenticated encryption
+
+%if %bundle_msgpack
+License:        BSD and ASL 2.0 and zlib
+%else
+License:        BSD and zlib
+%endif
+
+URL:            https://borgbackup.readthedocs.org
+Source0:        %pypi_source
+Source1:        %pypi_source.asc
+# upstream publishes only key ids:
+#    https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/support.html#verifying-signed-releases
+# gpg2 --export --export-options export-minimal "6D5B EF9A DD20 7580 5747 B70F 9F88 FB52 FAF7 B393" > gpgkey-6D5B_EF9A_DD20_7580_5747_B70F_9F88_FB52_FAF7_B393.gpg
+Source2:        gpgkey-6D5B_EF9A_DD20_7580_5747_B70F_9F88_FB52_FAF7_B393.gpg
+
+# we don't need the guzzley_sphinx theme for only man page generation
+Patch1:         0002-disable-sphinx-man-page-build.patch
+# ability not to build bundled msgpack
+Patch2:         0003-ability-to-unbundle-msgpack.patch
+# EPEL 7/8 only ship Sphinx 1.x so we need to revert the upstream change
+# which provides Sphinx 4.x compatibility.
+# https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/commit/396807e268775117e7e9ff981fdfedf80c77a5a7
+Patch3:         borgbackup-sphinx-1.x-support.patch
+
+BuildRequires:  gnupg2
+# build
+BuildRequires:  python%{python3_pkgversion}-devel
+BuildRequires:  python%{python3_pkgversion}-packaging
+BuildRequires:  python%{python3_pkgversion}-setuptools
+BuildRequires:  python%{python3_pkgversion}-setuptools_scm
+BuildRequires:  python%{python3_pkgversion}-Cython
+BuildRequires:  python%{python3_pkgversion}-llfuse >= 1.3.4
+
+%if %bundle_msgpack
+Provides:       bundled(python%{python3_pkgversion}-msgpack) = 0.5.6
+# requirements for bundled msgpack
+BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
+%else
+BuildRequires:  python%{python3_pkgversion}-msgpack <= 0.5.6
+%endif
+
+# test
+BuildRequires:  python%{python3_pkgversion}-pytest
+
+# doc
+BuildRequires:  python%{python3_pkgversion}-sphinx
+
+# no python deps
+BuildRequires:  gcc
+BuildRequires:  openssl-devel >= 1.0.0
+BuildRequires:  fuse-devel
+BuildRequires:  libacl-devel
+BuildRequires:  libb2-devel
+BuildRequires:  lz4-devel >= 1.7.0
+BuildRequires:  libzstd-devel >= 1.3.0
+BuildRequires:  xxhash-devel >= 0.6.5
+
+%if ! %bundle_msgpack
+Requires:       python%{python3_pkgversion}-msgpack <= 0.5.6
+%endif
+Requires:       python%{python3_pkgversion}-setuptools
+Requires:       python%{python3_pkgversion}-packaging
+Requires:       python%{python3_pkgversion}-pyparsing
+Requires:       python%{python3_pkgversion}-llfuse >= 1.3.4
+Requires:       fuse
+
+%description
+BorgBackup (short: Borg) is a deduplicating backup program. Optionally, it
+supports compression and authenticated encryption.
+
+%prep
+%{gpgverify} --keyring='%{SOURCE2}' --signature='%{SOURCE1}' --data='%{SOURCE0}'
+%autosetup -p1
+rm -rf %{srcname}.egg-info
+
+# remove copies of bundled libraries to ensure these don't end up in our
+# binaries
+rm -rf src/borg/algorithms/{blake2,lz4,zstd}
+# remove precompiled Cython code to ensure we always built "from source"
+find src/ -name '*.pyx' | sed -e 's/.pyx/.c/g' | xargs rm -f
+
+%if %bundle_msgpack
+  # bundled msgpack uses C++ for its generated sources
+  find src/ -name '*.pyx' | sed -e 's/.pyx/.cpp/g' | xargs rm -f
+
+  # better name for inclusion in %%license
+  cp -a docs/3rd_party/msgpack/COPYING COPYING.msgpack
+%else
+  rm -rf src/borg/algorithms/msgpack
+
+  # https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1630992
+  sed -i 's/msgpack-python/msgpack/' setup.py
+%endif
+
+
+%build
+%if ! %bundle_msgpack
+    export BORG_EXTERNAL_MSGPACK=True
+%endif
+%py3_build
+
+# MANPAGE GENERATION
+# workaround to dump sphinx_rtd_theme dependency - not needed for manpages
+export READTHEDOCS=True
+
+# workaround to include borg module for usage generation
+export PYTHONPATH=$(pwd)/build/$(ls build/ | grep 'lib.')
+
+make -C docs SPHINXBUILD=sphinx-build-%python3_version man
+
+%install
+find . -name *.so -type f -exec chmod 0755 {} \;
+
+%py3_install
+install -D -m 0644 docs/_build/man/borg*.1* %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man1/borg.1
+
+# add shell completions
+#%define bash_compdir %(pkg-config --variable=completionsdir bash-completion)
+%define bash_compdir %{_prefix}/share/bash-completion/completions
+%define zsh_compdir %{_prefix}/share/zsh/site-functions
+%define fish_compdir %{_prefix}/share/fish/completions
+
+install -d  %{buildroot}%{bash_compdir}
+install -d  %{buildroot}%{zsh_compdir}
+install -d  %{buildroot}%{fish_compdir}
+
+install -D -m 0644 scripts/shell_completions/bash/* %{buildroot}%{bash_compdir}
+install -D -m 0644 scripts/shell_completions/zsh/* %{buildroot}%{zsh_compdir}
+install -D -m 0644 scripts/shell_completions/fish/* %{buildroot}%{fish_compdir}
+
+%check
+export PYTHONPATH=$(pwd)/build/$(ls build/ | grep 'lib.')
+
+# workaround to prevent test issues with ascii/utf-8 under rhel 7
+%if 0%{?rhel} == 7
+export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+%endif
+
+# exclude test_fuse: there is no modprobe in mock for fuse
+# test_readonly_mount: needs fuse mount
+# exclude benchmark: not relevant for package build
+TEST_SELECTOR="not test_fuse and not test_readonly_mount and not benchmark"
+%if 0%{?rhel} == 7
+# exclude test_dash_open: pytest stub has a bug and is fixed in 3.0.2 (epel7 uses 2.9.2)
+TEST_SELECTOR="$TEST_SELECTOR and not test_dash_open"
+%endif
+py.test-3 -x -vk "$TEST_SELECTOR" $PYTHONPATH/borg/testsuite/*.py
+
+%files
+%license LICENSE
+%if %bundle_msgpack
+  %license COPYING.msgpack
+%endif
+%doc README.rst PKG-INFO AUTHORS
+%doc docs/changes.rst
+%{_mandir}/man1/*
+
+%{python3_sitearch}/borg
+%{python3_sitearch}/borgbackup-%{version}-py%{python3_version}.egg-info
+# - files in %%{python3_sitearch}/borg/algorithms/msgpack are licensed under the ASL
+# - %%{python3_sitearch}/borg/algorithms/checksums.*.so contains code licensed
+#   under the zlib license
+%{_bindir}/borg
+%{_bindir}/borgfs
+%{_prefix}/share/bash-completion/completions/*
+%{_prefix}/share/zsh/site-functions/*
+%{_prefix}/share/fish/completions/*
+
+
+%changelog
+* Wed Sep 21 2022 Daniel Steiner <daniel.steiner@dsteiner.ch> - 1.1.17-1
+- Rebuild for new Almalinux vesions.
+
diff --git a/centos/SPECS/mydumper.spec b/centos/SPECS/mydumper.spec
index 737c655..ebd73fb 100644
--- a/centos/SPECS/mydumper.spec
+++ b/centos/SPECS/mydumper.spec
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 # to build agains mariadb libraries, set it to 0
-%define _extent -1
+%define _ver    3
+%define _extent -%{_ver}
 Name:           mydumper
 Summary:        mydumper and myloader MySQL backup tools
 Version:        0.12.7
-Release:	      1%{?dist}
+Release:	      %{_ver}%{?dist}
 Group:          Applications/Databases
 License:        GPL
 Vendor:         Max Bubenick
@@ -58,6 +59,9 @@ rm -rf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}
 %{_mandir}/man1/*
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Sep 23 2022 Daniel Steiner <daniel.steiner@dsteiner.ch>
+- Update to 0.12.7-3.
+
 * Fri Sep 16 2022 Daniel Steiner <daniel.steiner@dsteiner.ch>
 - Update to 0.12.7.
 
diff --git a/fedora/SPECS/mydumper.spec b/fedora/SPECS/mydumper.spec
index 904f372..a9cad37 100644
--- a/fedora/SPECS/mydumper.spec
+++ b/fedora/SPECS/mydumper.spec
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 # to build agains mariadb libraries, set it to 0
+%define _ver    3
 %define _mysql  0
 # leaf it empty, if the original release is with -X at the end:
-%define subver  -3
+%define subver  -%{_ver}
 Name:           mydumper
 Summary:        mydumper and myloader MySQL backup tools
 Version:        0.12.7
-Release:	      3%{?dist}
+Release:	      %{_ver}%{?dist}
 Group:          Applications/Databases
 License:        GPL
 Vendor:         Max Bubenick