diff --git a/gc-8.0.4.tar.gz b/gc-8.0.4.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 29c3689..0000000
--- a/gc-8.0.4.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:436a0ddc67b1ac0b0405b61a9675bca9e075c8156f4debd1d06f3a56c7cd289d
-size 1160528
diff --git a/gc-8.0.6.tar.gz b/gc-8.0.6.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6062828
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gc-8.0.6.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:3b4914abc9fa76593596773e4da671d7ed4d5390e3d46fbf2e5f155e121bea11
+size 1168660
diff --git a/gc.changes b/gc.changes
index 19f8191..51965b9 100644
--- a/gc.changes
+++ b/gc.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Sep 28 22:27:54 UTC 2021 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
+
+- Update to release 8.0.6
+  * Allocate start_info struct on the stack in GC_pthread_create.
+  * Allow GC_PAUSE_TIME_TARGET environment variable values
+    smaller than 5 ms.
+  * Disable mprotect-based incremental GC if /proc roots are used.
+  * Enable sbrk-to-mmap fallback on major supported Unix-like
+    platforms.
+  * Ensure process is running on one CPU core if AO ops are
+    emulated with locks.
+  * Fix data race regarding *rlh value in generic_malloc_many.
+  * Fix handling of areas smaller than page size in
+    GC_scratch_recycle.
+  * Limit number of unmapped regions.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Mar 15 09:35:41 UTC 2019 - Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
 
diff --git a/gc.spec b/gc.spec
index 6d91aa7..c883272 100644
--- a/gc.spec
+++ b/gc.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package gc
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2019 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2021 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@
 
 
 Name:           gc
-Version:        8.0.4
+Version:        8.0.6
 Release:        0
 Summary:        A garbage collector for C and C++
 License:        BSD-3-Clause
 Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
 URL:            http://www.hboehm.info/gc/
 
-#Git-Clone:	git://github.com/ivmai/bdwgc
+#Git-Clone:	https://github.com/ivmai/bdwgc
 Source:         https://github.com/ivmai/bdwgc/releases/download/v%version/%name-%version.tar.gz
 BuildRequires:  autoconf >= 2.64
 BuildRequires:  gcc-c++
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ automatically recycles memory when it determines that it can no longer
 be otherwise accessed.
 
 %prep
-%setup -q
+%autosetup -p1
 
 %build
 autoreconf -fi
@@ -95,7 +95,9 @@ make %{?_smp_mflags}
 %install
 %make_install
 rm -Rf "%buildroot/%_datadir/gc" "%buildroot/%_libdir"/*.la
-rm -f "%buildroot/%_docdir/%name"/README.{Mac,OS2,win32}
+for i in README.Mac README.OS2 README.win32; do
+	rm -f "%buildroot/%_docdir/%name/$i"
+done
 
 %check
 %if !0%{?qemu_user_space_build}
@@ -106,12 +108,10 @@ make check
 %postun -n libgc1 -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
 %files -n libgc1
-%defattr(-, root, root)
 %_libdir/libcord.so.1*
 %_libdir/libgc*.so.1*
 
 %files devel
-%defattr(-, root, root)
 %_docdir/%name/
 %_libdir/libcord.so
 %_libdir/libgc*.so