diff --git a/.copr/Makefile b/.copr/Makefile
index 2e34dfaf..212f00b6 100644
--- a/.copr/Makefile
+++ b/.copr/Makefile
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ srpm:
 	sed -ie 's/^Source1/# Source1/g' rust-afterburn.spec  # we don't vendor
 	spectool -g rust-afterburn.spec  # download any remaining sources (e.g. coreos-installer-dracut)
 	rpmbuild -bs --define "_sourcedir ${PWD}" --define "_specdir ${PWD}" --define "_builddir ${PWD}" --define "_srcrpmdir ${PWD}" --define "_rpmdir ${PWD}" --define "_buildrootdir ${PWD}/.build" rust-afterburn.spec
-	mv *.src.rpm $$outdir
+	mv *.src.rpm $outdir
diff --git a/.github/workflows/rpm.yml b/.github/workflows/rpm.yml
index f33ada4c..144585ce 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rpm.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rpm.yml
@@ -25,22 +25,20 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       # need to install git before checkout to get a git repo
       - name: Install packages
-        run: dnf install -y git make mock
+        run: dnf5 install -y git make mock
       - name: Check out repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         # fetch tags for versioning
         with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
+          fetch-depth: 1
       # https://github.com/actions/checkout/issues/766
       - name: Mark git checkout as safe
         run: git config --global --add safe.directory "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"
-      - name: Check RPM version
-        run: rpm --version
       - name: Build RPMs
         run: |
           mkdir rpms
           make -f .copr/Makefile srpm outdir=rpms
-          mock --rebuild --enablerepo=updates-testing rpms/*.src.rpm
+          mock --debug --rebuild --enablerepo=updates-testing rpms/*.src.rpm
           find /var/lib/mock -wholename '*/result/*.rpm' | xargs mv -t rpms
       - name: Archive RPMs
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4