diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ce8be3a..938c0cd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SOURCES/mcelog-175.tar.gz
+SOURCES/mcelog-179.tar.gz
diff --git a/.mcelog.metadata b/.mcelog.metadata
index 589063e..55aba5d 100644
--- a/.mcelog.metadata
+++ b/.mcelog.metadata
@@ -1 +1 @@
-c1453df3fcf3b90a9e80068d13b0acb91445c39d SOURCES/mcelog-175.tar.gz
+b3578d56fb9f2a2ce9c9e6ae92600e2a722fdf80 SOURCES/mcelog-179.tar.gz
diff --git a/SPECS/mcelog.spec b/SPECS/mcelog.spec
index c4a57a8..7953490 100644
--- a/SPECS/mcelog.spec
+++ b/SPECS/mcelog.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary:	Tool to translate x86-64 CPU Machine Check Exception data
 Name:		mcelog
-Version:	175
-Release:	3%{?dist}
+Version:	179
+Release:	2%{?dist}
 Epoch:		3
 License:	GPLv2
 URL:		https://github.com/andikleen/mcelog
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ on x86-32 and x86-64 systems.
 %autosetup
 
 %build
-%make_build CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS -fpie -pie"
+%make_build CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS" LDFLAGS="$RPM_LD_FLAGS"
 
 %install
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_mandir}/man{5,8}
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ install -p -m644 mcelog*.5 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_mandir}/man5/
 %{_mandir}/*/*
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Oct 18 2021 Prarit Bhargava <prarit@redhat.com> - 3:179-2
+- Update to v179 [2013002]
+- fix annocheck errors found during CI [2013002]
+
 * Mon Aug 09 2021 Mohan Boddu <mboddu@redhat.com> - 3:175-3
 - Rebuilt for IMA sigs, glibc 2.34, aarch64 flags
   Related: rhbz#1991688