diff --git a/sz/.SRCINFO b/sz/.SRCINFO
index 6cb12a2be1..23a23d3a4c 100644
--- a/sz/.SRCINFO
+++ b/sz/.SRCINFO
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 pkgbase = sz
 	pkgver = 2.1.12.5
-	pkgrel = 7.2
+	pkgrel = 8
 	url = https://szcompressor.org/
 	arch = x86_64
 	arch = powerpc64le
diff --git a/sz/PKGBUILD b/sz/PKGBUILD
index 6bfc5027da..28755d673e 100644
--- a/sz/PKGBUILD
+++ b/sz/PKGBUILD
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 pkgname=sz
 pkgver=2.1.12.5
-pkgrel=7.3
+pkgrel=8
 ekgdesc="Modular parametrizable lossy compressor framework for scientific data"
 arch=(x86_64 powerpc64le powerpc64 powerpc riscv64)
 url="https://szcompressor.org/"