diff --git a/vlc/.SRCINFO b/vlc/.SRCINFO
index 77795cc7d3..3a8804d6fb 100644
--- a/vlc/.SRCINFO
+++ b/vlc/.SRCINFO
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 pkgbase = vlc
 	pkgdesc = Multi-platform MPEG, VCD/DVD, and DivX player
 	pkgver = 3.0.21
-	pkgrel = 7
+	pkgrel = 9
 	url = https://www.videolan.org/vlc/
 	arch = x86_64
 	arch = powerpc64le
diff --git a/vlc/PKGBUILD b/vlc/PKGBUILD
index 10746754b9..8bc076bf13 100644
--- a/vlc/PKGBUILD
+++ b/vlc/PKGBUILD
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ _vlcver=3.0.21
 # optional fixup version including hyphen
 _vlcfixupver=
 pkgver=$_vlcver${_vlcfixupver//-/.r}
-pkgrel=7
+pkgrel=9
 pkgdesc='Multi-platform MPEG, VCD/DVD, and DivX player'
 url=https://www.videolan.org/vlc/
 arch=(x86_64 powerpc64le powerpc64 powerpc riscv64)