diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0f8dd02..8b532d0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PKG_NAME := pypi-inflect
-URL = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/c1/89/adc704e60183b208836034a7382c564cb3c54254983fb3b3d1d8dcdd0c51/inflect-7.3.1.tar.gz
+URL = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/e1/dc/02614acece4d578e709c606594c989cfd9f15cf6401444e5603e60df9b26/inflect-7.4.0.tar.gz
 ARCHIVES = 
 
 include ../common/Makefile.common
diff --git a/options.conf b/options.conf
index 56956eb..2b83217 100644
--- a/options.conf
+++ b/options.conf
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = pypi-inflect
-url = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/c1/89/adc704e60183b208836034a7382c564cb3c54254983fb3b3d1d8dcdd0c51/inflect-7.3.1.tar.gz
+url = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/e1/dc/02614acece4d578e709c606594c989cfd9f15cf6401444e5603e60df9b26/inflect-7.4.0.tar.gz
 archives = 
 giturl = https://github.com/jaraco/inflect/
 domain = 
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ allow_test_failures = false
 asneeded = false
 # this package is trusted enough to automatically update (used by other tools)
 autoupdate = true
+# try to use mock short circuit to avoid full rebuilds
+avoid_rebuild = false
 # extend flags with '-std=gnu++98
 broken_c++ = false
 # disable parallelization during build
diff --git a/pypi-inflect.spec b/pypi-inflect.spec
index 79d6849..02f7bf6 100644
--- a/pypi-inflect.spec
+++ b/pypi-inflect.spec
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
 # This file is auto-generated. DO NOT EDIT
 # Generated by: autospec.py
 # Using build pattern: pyproject
-# autospec version: v13
-# autospec commit: dc0ff31
+# autospec version: v18
+# autospec commit: f35655a
 #
 Name     : pypi-inflect
-Version  : 7.3.1
-Release  : 30
-URL      : https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/c1/89/adc704e60183b208836034a7382c564cb3c54254983fb3b3d1d8dcdd0c51/inflect-7.3.1.tar.gz
-Source0  : https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/c1/89/adc704e60183b208836034a7382c564cb3c54254983fb3b3d1d8dcdd0c51/inflect-7.3.1.tar.gz
+Version  : 7.4.0
+Release  : 31
+URL      : https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/e1/dc/02614acece4d578e709c606594c989cfd9f15cf6401444e5603e60df9b26/inflect-7.4.0.tar.gz
+Source0  : https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/e1/dc/02614acece4d578e709c606594c989cfd9f15cf6401444e5603e60df9b26/inflect-7.4.0.tar.gz
 Summary  : Correctly generate plurals, singular nouns, ordinals, indefinite articles
 Group    : Development/Tools
 License  : MIT
@@ -62,10 +62,10 @@ python3 components for the pypi-inflect package.
 
 
 %prep
-%setup -q -n inflect-7.3.1
-cd %{_builddir}/inflect-7.3.1
+%setup -q -n inflect-7.4.0
+cd %{_builddir}/inflect-7.4.0
 pushd ..
-cp -a inflect-7.3.1 buildavx2
+cp -a inflect-7.4.0 buildavx2
 popd
 
 %build
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ export http_proxy=http://127.0.0.1:9/
 export https_proxy=http://127.0.0.1:9/
 export no_proxy=localhost,127.0.0.1,0.0.0.0
 export LANG=C.UTF-8
-export SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH=1720053900
+export SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH=1725716484
 export GCC_IGNORE_WERROR=1
 export AR=gcc-ar
 export RANLIB=gcc-ranlib
diff --git a/release b/release
index 64bb6b7..e85087a 100644
--- a/release
+++ b/release
@@ -1 +1 @@
-30
+31
diff --git a/upstream b/upstream
index d44926e..fd04936 100644
--- a/upstream
+++ b/upstream
@@ -1 +1 @@
-198fde94d0e7dec951130ae73a7366ce7885d71a/inflect-7.3.1.tar.gz
+7ff0f9c8f6b8c686c69ff77dccc3140d8cd263f8/inflect-7.4.0.tar.gz