diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/spdlog.yaml b/.forgejo/workflows/spdlog.yaml
index 0b286b7..96f349a 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/spdlog.yaml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/spdlog.yaml
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ on:
 env:
   REPO: https://github.com/gabime/spdlog
   PKGNAME: spdlog
-  UPSTREAM_VER: '1.15.0'
-  EXTRA_VER: compair4
+  UPSTREAM_VER: '1.15.3'
+  EXTRA_VER: compair1
 
 jobs:
   build-deb:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d7709ed..959c269 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1 +1,8 @@
 # compAIR-extra-packages
+
+## bumping packages
+
+1. Increment `UPSTREAM_VER` in workflow to new release tag
+2. Reset `EXTRA_VER` to `compair1`
+
+Should be enough if nothing changed in the build system itself of the package.