diff --git a/system/devel/elfutils/actions.py b/system/devel/elfutils/actions.py
index 2bf33505..a577607f 100644
--- a/system/devel/elfutils/actions.py
+++ b/system/devel/elfutils/actions.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ def setup():
                     --with-bzlib \
                     --with-lzma"
     #shelltools.export("LDFLAGS", "-L/lib -lbz2")
+    autotools.autoreconf("-fiv")
     autotools.configure(options)
 
 def build():
diff --git a/system/devel/elfutils/pspec.xml b/system/devel/elfutils/pspec.xml
index 18a1d7b6..8d7b3ad3 100644
--- a/system/devel/elfutils/pspec.xml
+++ b/system/devel/elfutils/pspec.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
         <IsA>library</IsA>
         <Summary>Libraries/utilities to handle ELF objects</Summary>
         <Description>elfutils contains libraries and utilities to handle ELF objects and is a replacement for libelf.</Description>
-        <Archive sha1sum="650d52024be684dabf18a5261a69836a16f84f72" type="tarbz2">ftp://sourceware.org/pub/elfutils/0.186/elfutils-0.186.tar.bz2</Archive>
+        <Archive sha1sum="5e23c010b7f9f45140a43e95d8d1f7fb04aa8302" type="tarbz2">ftp://sourceware.org/pub/elfutils/0.188/elfutils-0.188.tar.bz2</Archive>
         <BuildDependencies>
             <Dependency>bzip2</Dependency>
             <Dependency>xz-devel</Dependency>
@@ -74,6 +74,13 @@
     </Package>
 
     <History>
+        <Update release="12">
+            <Date>2022-11-05</Date>
+            <Version>0.188</Version>
+            <Comment>Version bump.</Comment>
+            <Name>Mustafa Cinasal</Name>
+            <Email>muscnsl@gmail.com</Email>
+        </Update>
         <Update release="11">
             <Date>2021-11-26</Date>
             <Version>0.186</Version>