diff --git a/OpenBLAS.spec b/OpenBLAS.spec
index 074043284d7..7736f3321c0 100644
--- a/OpenBLAS.spec
+++ b/OpenBLAS.spec
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-### RPM external OpenBLAS 0.3.7
+### RPM external OpenBLAS 0.3.9
 Source: https://github.com/xianyi/OpenBLAS/archive/v%{realversion}.tar.gz
 
 # Will be part of future release
diff --git a/cmake.spec b/cmake.spec
index 5107e1432c0..ce34ed13de0 100644
--- a/cmake.spec
+++ b/cmake.spec
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-### RPM external cmake 3.14.5
+### RPM external cmake 3.17.0
 %define downloaddir %(echo %realversion | cut -d. -f1,2)
 Source: http://www.cmake.org/files/v%{downloaddir}/%n-%realversion.tar.gz
 Requires: bz2lib curl expat zlib
diff --git a/elfutils.spec b/elfutils.spec
deleted file mode 100644
index edc721ef132..00000000000
--- a/elfutils.spec
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-### RPM external elfutils 0.131
-#TODO: put everything in rpm.spec???
-Source: ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/systemtap/%{n}/%{n}-%{realversion}.tar.gz
-%prep
-%setup -n %n-%realversion
-perl -p -i -e "s/-Wextra//g;s/-Werror//" `find . -name \*.in`
-%build
-%if "%(echo %cmsos | sed -e 's/osx.*/osx/')" != "osx"
-./configure --prefix=%i
-cd libelf
-make %makeprocesses
-%endif
-%install
-%if "%(echo %cmsos | sed -e 's/osx.*/osx/')" != "osx"
-cd libelf
-make install
-rm -rf %i/bin
-%endif
diff --git a/gcc.spec b/gcc.spec
index 572ca3d2aeb..2a42a83491a 100644
--- a/gcc.spec
+++ b/gcc.spec
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-### RPM external gcc 8.3.0
+### RPM external gcc 8.4.0
 ## INITENV +PATH LD_LIBRARY_PATH %{i}/lib64
 # Use the git repository for fetching the sources. This gives us more control while developing
 # a new platform so that we can compile yet to be released versions of the compiler.
 # See: https://gcc.gnu.org/viewcvs/gcc/branches/gcc-8-branch/?view=log
-%define gccTag 9cde2018638fdc5ad3da8afcd0d89a6c92ed6694
-%define gccBranch gcc-8-branch
+%define gccTag 8cd3bffead2ed1d1998c190865694f920fbc93ab
+%define gccBranch releases/gcc-8
 
 %define moduleName %{n}-%{realversion}
 Source0: git+https://github.com/gcc-mirror/%{n}.git?obj=%{gccBranch}/%{gccTag}&export=%{moduleName}&output=/%{n}-%{realversion}-%{gccTag}.tgz
@@ -15,26 +15,26 @@ Source0: git+https://github.com/gcc-mirror/%{n}.git?obj=%{gccBranch}/%{gccTag}&e
 
 %define keep_archives true
 
-%define gmpVersion 6.1.2
-%define mpfrVersion 4.0.1
+%define gmpVersion 6.2.0
+%define mpfrVersion 4.0.2
 %define mpcVersion 1.1.0
-%define islVersion 0.18
+%define islVersion 0.21
 %define zlibVersion 1.2.11
 Source1: https://gmplib.org/download/gmp/gmp-%{gmpVersion}.tar.bz2
 Source2: http://www.mpfr.org/mpfr-%{mpfrVersion}/mpfr-%{mpfrVersion}.tar.bz2
 Source3: https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mpc/mpc-%{mpcVersion}.tar.gz
-Source4: ftp://gcc.gnu.org/pub/gcc/infrastructure/isl-%{islVersion}.tar.bz2
+Source4: http://isl.gforge.inria.fr/isl-%{islVersion}.tar.bz2
 Source12: http://zlib.net/zlib-%{zlibVersion}.tar.gz
 
 %if %islinux
-%define bisonVersion 3.1
-%define binutilsVersion 2.31
-%define elfutilsVersion 0.170
+%define bisonVersion 3.5
+%define binutilsVersion 2.32
+%define elfutilsVersion 0.177
 %define m4Version 1.4.18
 %define flexVersion 2.6.4
 Source7: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bison/bison-%{bisonVersion}.tar.gz
 Source8: https://sourceware.org/pub/binutils/releases/binutils-%{binutilsVersion}.tar.bz2
-Source9: https://fedorahosted.org/releases/e/l/elfutils/%{elfutilsVersion}/elfutils-%{elfutilsVersion}.tar.bz2
+Source9: https://sourceware.org/pub/elfutils/%{elfutilsVersion}/elfutils-%{elfutilsVersion}.tar.bz2
 Source10: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4/m4-%{m4Version}.tar.gz
 Source11: https://github.com/westes/flex/releases/download/v%{flexVersion}/flex-%{flexVersion}.tar.gz
 %endif
diff --git a/gmake.spec b/gmake.spec
index fa615c63ee5..eff4ecba4a5 100644
--- a/gmake.spec
+++ b/gmake.spec
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-### RPM external gmake 4.2.1
+### RPM external gmake 4.3
 Source: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/make-%{realversion}.tar.gz
 
 %prep
diff --git a/gmp-static.spec b/gmp-static.spec
index c0dffc91480..76418792473 100644
--- a/gmp-static.spec
+++ b/gmp-static.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-### RPM external gmp-static 6.1.0
+### RPM external gmp-static 6.2.0
 
-Source: http://davidlt.web.cern.ch/davidlt/vault/gmp-%{realversion}.tar.bz2
+Source: https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gmp/gmp-%realversion.tar.xz
 
 BuildRequires: autotools
 
diff --git a/gmp.spec b/gmp.spec
deleted file mode 100644
index 981328129a7..00000000000
--- a/gmp.spec
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-### RPM external gmp 6.1.2
-Source: ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/gnu/%n/%n-%realversion.tar.xz
diff --git a/libxml2.spec b/libxml2.spec
index 3f54cf5bd36..55f392ad629 100644
--- a/libxml2.spec
+++ b/libxml2.spec
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-### RPM external libxml2 2.9.9
+### RPM external libxml2 2.9.10
 Source: ftp://xmlsoft.org/%{n}/%{n}-%{realversion}.tar.gz
 %define strip_files %{i}/lib/lib* %{i}/bin/{xmlcatalog,xmllint}
 %define drop_files %{i}/share/{man,doc,gtk-doc}
diff --git a/lz4.spec b/lz4.spec
index ddb5dc2d2ff..564b2ecf74a 100644
--- a/lz4.spec
+++ b/lz4.spec
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-### RPM external lz4 1.9.1
+### RPM external lz4 1.9.2
 
 %define github_user lz4
 Source: https://github.com/%{github_user}/%{n}/archive/v%{realversion}.tar.gz
diff --git a/mpfr-static.spec b/mpfr-static.spec
index d5cbd0f252b..39ec871f431 100644
--- a/mpfr-static.spec
+++ b/mpfr-static.spec
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-### RPM external mpfr-static 4.0.1
+### RPM external mpfr-static 4.0.2
 
 Source: http://www.mpfr.org/mpfr-%{realversion}/mpfr-%{realversion}.tar.bz2
 
diff --git a/nasm.spec b/nasm.spec
index 166bb2abd6d..00ba492cc43 100644
--- a/nasm.spec
+++ b/nasm.spec
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-### RPM external nasm 2.11.02
+### RPM external nasm 2.14.02
 Source: http://www.nasm.us/pub/nasm/releasebuilds/%{realversion}/%{n}-%{realversion}.tar.bz2
 
 %prep
diff --git a/zstd.spec b/zstd.spec
index 5961fd828d7..1b62df11433 100644
--- a/zstd.spec
+++ b/zstd.spec
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-### RPM external zstd 1.4.0
+### RPM external zstd 1.4.4
 ## INITENV SETV ZSTD_SOURCE %{source0}
 ## INITENV SETV ZSTD_STRIP_PREFIX %{source_prefix}