diff --git a/softhsm.spec b/softhsm.spec
index 3d8677217905fee2ede17ff87c016aa4b36e9cb6..7479a72ca37955386758f5c5b1f10089bbc06fce 100644
--- a/softhsm.spec
+++ b/softhsm.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name: softhsm
 Version: 2.6.1
-Release: 4
+Release: 5
 Summary: Software version of a PKCS#11 Hardware Security Module
 License: BSD
 URL: http://www.opendnssec.org/
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ The devel package contains the libsofthsm include files
 %autosetup  -n %{name}-%{version}
 
 sed -i "s:full_libdir/softhsm:full_libdir:g" configure
+sed -i "s|am__api_version='1.16|am__api_version='1.17|g" configure
 sed -i 's:^full_libdir=":#full_libdir=":g' configure.ac
 sed -i "s:libdir)/@PACKAGE@:libdir):" Makefile.in
 
@@ -97,6 +98,9 @@ if [ -f /var/softhsm/slot0.db ]; then
 fi
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Aug 2 2024 zhengxiaoxiao<zhengxiaoxiao2@huawei.com> - 2.6.1-5
+- Fix build failure due to automake upgrade
+
 * Thu Feb 2 2023 zhengxiaoxiao<zhengxiaoxiao2@huawei.com> - 2.6.1-4
 - Disable the make check to temporarily avoid the build failure issue