diff --git a/glibc.yaml b/glibc.yaml
index 881d76ab00b..bd7c825fec0 100644
--- a/glibc.yaml
+++ b/glibc.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package:
   name: glibc
   version: 2.40
-  epoch: 3
+  epoch: 4
   description: "the GNU C library"
   copyright:
     - license: LGPL-2.1-or-later
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ environment:
       - flex
       - gawk
       - grep
+      - openssf-compiler-options
       - python3
       - rdfind
       - texinfo
@@ -52,6 +53,8 @@ environment:
   # glibc manages FORTIFY_SOURCE on per-file basis
   environment:
     CPPFLAGS: ""
+    # https://github.com/chainguard-dev/internal-dev/issues/7756
+    GCC_SPEC_FILE: /dev/null
 
 pipeline:
   - uses: fetch