diff --git a/alex-3.2.5.tar.gz b/alex-3.2.5.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 82dcc3c..0000000
--- a/alex-3.2.5.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:b77c8a1270767c64e2adb21a6e91ee7cd904ba17edae17bc20fd03da5256e0e3
-size 108531
diff --git a/alex-3.2.7.1.tar.gz b/alex-3.2.7.1.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0164dd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alex-3.2.7.1.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:9bd2f1a27e8f1b2ffdb5b2fbd3ed82b6f0e85191459a1b24ffcbef4e68a81bec
+size 108229
diff --git a/ghc-bootstrap-helpers.changes b/ghc-bootstrap-helpers.changes
index 07196d2..37ed6af 100644
--- a/ghc-bootstrap-helpers.changes
+++ b/ghc-bootstrap-helpers.changes
@@ -1,22 +1,27 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Jan 30 17:04:15 UTC 2023 - Peter Simons <psimons@suse.com>
+
+- Update alex to version 3.2.7.1 for bootstrapping ghc-9.4.4.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Dec 17 12:20:00 UTC 2020 - Ondřej Súkup <mimi.vx@gmail.com>
- 
+
 - disable %{ix86} build
- 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Sep  8 09:28:13 UTC 2020 - Ondřej Súkup <mimi.vx@gmail.com>
 
-- update to 1.1 - update happy to 1.9.20 
+- update to 1.1 - update happy to 1.9.20
 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Jun  2 08:11:28 UTC 2020 - Ondřej Súkup <mimi.vx@gmail.com>
 
-- add constraints for memory on riscv64 
+- add constraints for memory on riscv64
 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Jan 18 09:08:42 UTC 2020 - Peter Trommler <ptrommler@icloud.com>
 
-- improve packaging and avoid rpmlint warning 
+- improve packaging and avoid rpmlint warning
 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Jan 17 18:57:31 UTC 2020 - Peter Trommler <ptrommler@icloud.com>
@@ -26,4 +31,4 @@ Fri Jan 17 18:57:31 UTC 2020 - Peter Trommler <ptrommler@icloud.com>
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Dec 29 13:00:54 UTC 2019 - Ondřej Súkup <mimi.vx@gmail.com>
 
-- initial commit 
+- initial commit
diff --git a/ghc-bootstrap-helpers.spec b/ghc-bootstrap-helpers.spec
index e4fc08d..2366c44 100644
--- a/ghc-bootstrap-helpers.spec
+++ b/ghc-bootstrap-helpers.spec
@@ -15,17 +15,17 @@
 # Please submit bugfixes or comments via https://bugs.opensuse.org/
 #
 
-%define         alex_ver 3.2.5
+%define         alex_ver 3.2.7.1
 %define         happy_ver 1.20.0
 
 Name:           ghc-bootstrap-helpers
-Version:        1.1
+Version:        1.3
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Dependencies to build ghc
 License:        BSD-3-Clause AND BSD-2-Clause
 URL:            https://build.opensuse.org/project/show/devel:languages:haskell
-Source:         alex-%{alex_ver}.tar.gz
-Source1:        happy-%{happy_ver}.tar.gz
+Source:         https://hackage.haskell.org/package/alex-%{alex_ver}/alex-%{alex_ver}.tar.gz
+Source1:        https://hackage.haskell.org/package/happy-%{happy_ver}/happy-%{happy_ver}.tar.gz
 BuildRequires:  ghc-bootstrap
 ExcludeArch:    %{ix86}
 # This package is not meant to be used outside OBS
@@ -35,10 +35,8 @@ Conflicts:      alex
 Conflicts:      happy
 
 %description
-Prebuild alex and happy for ghc-8.8+ build
-
-Don't use outside GHC-8.8+ build
-
+Prebuild alex and happy for bootstrapping the proper ghc build.
+Don't use outside of GHC bootstrapping!
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -c -a0 -a1