diff --git a/mpich.spec b/mpich.spec
index 5adf6552e247209e88042a978da740ca11a26cc0..e7f7ad5040cebfca063807c8ebd67972436452ee 100644
--- a/mpich.spec
+++ b/mpich.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary:        A high-performance implementation of MPI
 Name:           mpich
 Version:        4.0.3
-Release:        4
+Release:        5
 License:        MIT
 URL:            http://www.mpich.org/
 Source0:        http://www.mpich.org/static/downloads/%{version}/mpich-%{version}.tar.gz
@@ -77,7 +77,14 @@ mpich support for Python 3.
 %prep
 %autosetup -p1
 
+#automake 1.17
+for file in $(find . -name "*configure*")
+do
+  sed -i "s|am__api_version='1.16|am__api_version='1.17|g" $file 
+done
+
 %build
+autoreconf -f
 %configure      \
         --enable-sharedlibs=gcc                                 \
         --enable-shared                                         \
@@ -201,6 +208,9 @@ make check V=1
 %{python3_sitearch}/mpich.pth
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Jul 23 2024 yuanlipeng <yuanlipeng2@huawei.com> - 4.0.3-5
+- Fix build failure due to automake upgrade
+
 * Thu Jul 27 2023 misaka00251 <liuxin@iscas.ac.cn> - 4.0.3-4
 - Fix build error on riscv64