diff --git a/check_repomd b/check_repomd
index a5f83e9..87cd3c5 100644
--- a/check_repomd
+++ b/check_repomd
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ trap 'cleanup_and_exit "$STATE_UNKNOWN" "UNKOWN: received SIGTRAP, SIGBUS, SIGKI
 
 RESULTFILE=$($MKTEMP /tmp/check_repomd-XXXXXX)
 
-$CURL -s $URL -o "$RESULTFILE" 2>&1
+$CURL -L -s $URL -o "$RESULTFILE" 2>&1
 CURL_EXIT="$?"
 
 if [ x"$CURL_EXIT" != "x0" ]; then
diff --git a/monitoring-plugins-repomd.changes b/monitoring-plugins-repomd.changes
index 660fb7e..805a3e9 100644
--- a/monitoring-plugins-repomd.changes
+++ b/monitoring-plugins-repomd.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Jul 30 17:48:42 CEST 2021 - ro@suse.de
+
+- use "-L" option for curl to follow redirects 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Apr 28 15:27:58 UTC 2019 - lars@linux-schulserver.de - 2.1
 
diff --git a/monitoring-plugins-repomd.spec b/monitoring-plugins-repomd.spec
index c90fca3..4d4b58d 100644
--- a/monitoring-plugins-repomd.spec
+++ b/monitoring-plugins-repomd.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package monitoring-plugins-repomd
 #
-# 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
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ License:        BSD-3-Clause
 Group:          System/Monitoring
 Version:        2.1
 Release:        0
-Url:            http://en.opensuse.org/%{name}
+URL:            http://en.opensuse.org/%{name}
 Source0:        check_repomd
 Source1:        usr.lib.nagios.plugins.check_repomd
 Requires:       bash
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ This plugin checks the up-to date state of repomd.xml.
 Important options:
  -u <url_to_repomd.xml> : please enter the full URL to the repomd.xml file
  -o <days>              : days unless a repomd.xml file is handled as outdated (default: 30)
- 
 
 %prep
 
@@ -64,7 +63,7 @@ sed -i "s|/bin/grep|%{_bindir}/grep|; \
 %clean
 rm -rf %buildroot
 
-%files 
+%files
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 %dir %{_sysconfdir}/apparmor.d
 %{nagios_plugindir}/check_repomd